閜

閜 U 959C, 閜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-959C ← 閛 [U 959B] CJK Unified Ideographs 閝 → [U 959D]

Translingual

Han character

閜 (Kangxi radical 169, 門 5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日弓一弓口 (ANMNR), four-corner 7762₁, composition ⿵門可)

Derived characters

• 㗿, 𧬱, 𧯓, 𦽅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1333, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41279
• Dae Jaweon: page 1839, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4291, character 15
• Unihan data for U 959C

Chinese

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

	Old Chinese
砢	*ɡ·raːlʔ
柯	*kaːl
菏	*kaːl, *ɡaːl
牁	*kaːl
滒	*kaːl
哥	*kaːl
歌	*kaːl
謌	*kaːl
鴚	*kaːl
哿	*kaːlʔ
舸	*kaːlʔ
笴	*kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ
軻	*kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
珂	*kʰaːl
可	*kʰaːlʔ
岢	*kʰaːlʔ
坷	*kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls
蚵	*kʰaːls, *ɡaːl
呵	*qʰaːl, *qʰaːls
訶	*qʰaːl
抲	*qʰaːl
荷	*qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
何	*ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ
河	*ɡaːl
苛	*ɡaːl
魺	*ɡaːl
袔	*ɡaːls
阿	*qaːl
妸	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
疴	*qaːl, *kʰraːls
鈳	*qaːl
娿	*qaːl, *qaːlʔ
痾	*qaːl
跒	*kʰraːlʔ
閜	*qʰraːlʔ

trad.		閜
simp.		𬮠
alternative forms		𪾌

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎ (xia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hsia³
    • Yale: syǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shea
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haa¹
    • Yale: hā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xaeX

Rime
Character	閜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	許下切
Baxter	xaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/hᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/xaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/haɨX/
Li Rong	/xaX/
Wang Li	/xaX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xaX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haa2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰraːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閜
Reading #	1/1
No.	7478
Phonetic component	可
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	㗿
Old Chinese	/*qʰraːlʔ/

Definitions

閜

1. (intransitive) to split; to burst open
2. large cup

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kě, ě (ke³, e³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ, ㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kě
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kě
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo³
    • Yale: kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kee
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ě
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ě
    • Wade–Giles: o³
    • Yale: ě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ho²
    • Yale: hó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː³⁵/

Definitions

閜

1. (Only used in 閜砢／𬮠砢.) overlapping and leaning on one another
2. (literally, figuratively) to stoop; to bend over; to bow slightly