閨

See also: 闺

閨 U+95A8, 閨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A8 ← 閧 [U+95A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 閩 → [U+95A9]

Translingual

Han character

閨 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓土土 (ANGG), four-corner 7710₄, composition ⿵門圭)

Derived characters

• 𪷭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1335, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41312
• Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4294, character 7
• Unihan data for U+95A8

Chinese

trad.		閨
simp.		闺

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
街	*kreː, *kreː
鞋	*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾	*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳	*kreː
鮭	*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯	*ŋreː, *ŋre
崖	*ŋreː, *ŋre
啀	*ŋreː
厓	*ŋreː
捱	*ŋreː
睚	*ŋreːs
娃	*qreː
洼	*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇	*qreː, *qʷraː
胿	*ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎	*qeːns
觟	*ɡʷraːʔ
黊	*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳	*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙	*qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪	*qʷraː
卦	*kʷreːs
挂	*kʷreːs
掛	*kʷreːs
詿	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣	*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓	*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃	*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭	*kʷeː
珪	*kʷeː
邽	*kʷeː
閨	*kʷeː
袿	*kʷeː
窐	*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥	*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂	*kʷeːs
筀	*kʷeːs
奎	*kʰʷeː
刲	*kʰʷeː
蝰	*kʰʷeː
楏	*kʰʷeː
睳	*qʰʷeː
畦	*ɡʷeː
眭	*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓	*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬	*kʰʷeʔ
恚	*qʷes
硅	*qʰʷreɡ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷeː) : semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː, “pointed jade tablet”) – arched door in the shape of a 圭 (guī).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guī (gui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui / ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guei
    • Wade–Giles: kuei¹
    • Yale: gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai¹
    • Yale: gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui
    • Tâi-lô: kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke
    • Tâi-lô: ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kwej

Rime
Character	閨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	齊 (40)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古攜切
Baxter	kwej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwei/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷei/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛj/
Li Rong	/kuei/
Wang Li	/kiwei/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiwei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閨
Reading #	1/1
No.	4572
Phonetic component	圭
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	圭
Old Chinese	/*kʷeː/

Definitions

閨

1. (literary) small arched gate
2. boudoir; lady's chamber

Compounds

• 名閨／名闺
• 大家閨秀／大家闺秀 (dàjiāguīxiù)
• 大家閨閣／大家闺阁
• 宮閨／宫闺
• 待字閨中／待字闺中 (dàizì guīzhōng)
• 春閨／春闺
• 深閨／深闺 (shēnguī)
• 璇閨／璇闺
• 瓊閨繡閣／琼闺绣阁
• 空閨／空闺
• 篳門閨竇／筚门闺窦 (bìménguīdòu)
• 蘭閨／兰闺
• 重閨／重闺
• 金閨／金闺
• 閨中／闺中 (guīzhōng)
• 閨中妙質／闺中妙质
• 閨中密友／闺中密友 (guīzhōng mìyǒu)
• 閨友／闺友
• 閨器／闺器
• 閨女／闺女
• 閨怨／闺怨 (guīyuàn)
• 閨怨詩／闺怨诗
• 閨情／闺情
• 閨房／闺房 (guīfáng)
• 閨秀／闺秀 (guīxiù)
• 閨範／闺范 (guīfàn)
• 閨蜜／闺蜜 (guīmì)
• 閨門／闺门
• 閨門旦／闺门旦
• 閨門禮法／闺门礼法
• 閨閣／闺阁 (guīgé)
• 閨閣之臣／闺阁之臣
• 閨閫／闺阃
• 閨闥／闺闼
• 香閨／香闺
• 香閨繡閣／香闺绣阁
• 驚閨／惊闺
• 驚閨葉／惊闺叶
• 黃花閨女／黄花闺女

 

References

• “閨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

閨

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)^{←け (ke, historical)←くゑ (kwe, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}
• Kun: ねや (neya, 閨)

Korean

Hanja

閨 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

閨: Hán Nôm readings: khuê

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