閰

閰 U+95B0, 閰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95B0 ← 閯 [U+95AF] CJK Unified Ideographs 閱 → [U+95B1]

Translingual

Han character

閰 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹X (ANHX), four-corner 7777₇, composition ⿵門臼)

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Derived characters

• 𭢶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1336, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41340
• Dae Jaweon: page 1841, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4300, character 9
• Unihan data for U+95B0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		閰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (臼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臼	*ɡuʔ
齨	*ɡuʔ
桕	*ɡuʔ
舅	*ɡuʔ
舊	*ɡʷɯs
匶	*ɡʷɯs
閰	*kuɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jú (ju²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyú
    • Wade–Giles: chü²
    • Yale: jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyu
    • Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kjuwk

Rime
Character	閰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居六切
Baxter	kjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kuwk̚/
Li Rong	/kiuk̚/
Wang Li	/kĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閰
Reading #	1/1
No.	7004
Phonetic component	臼
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	菊
Old Chinese	/*kuɡ/
Notes	從居玉切之臼聲

Definitions

閰

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