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閣
閣
Translingual
| trad. | 閣 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 阁 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 閣
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (各) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːɡ) : 門 (“gate”) + 各.
Han character
閣 (radical 169 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹水口 (ANHER), four-corner 77604)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 1334, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41300
- Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4298, character 2
- Unihan data for U+95A3
Chinese
| trad. | 閣 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 阁 | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
- Wade-Giles: ko2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
- IPA (key): /kɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gok3
- Yale: gok
- Cantonese Pinyin: gok8
- IPA (key): /kɔːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh
- Tâi-lô: koh
- Phofsit Daibuun: koiq
- IPA (Xiamen): /kɤʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɤʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɤʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /koʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 閣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古落切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kak̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/kɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/kɑk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
ge |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 閣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
gé |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kak › |
| Old Chinese |
/*C.kˤak/ |
| English | shelf, frame |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 閣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3883 |
| Phonetic component |
各 |
| Rime group |
鐸 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
各 |
| Old Chinese |
/*klaːɡ/ |
Noun
閣
Etymology 2
Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan koh, which may be etymologically unrelated.
Pronunciation
Adverb
閣
References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #10940”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
- (Min Nan) “Entry #10941”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
閣
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
閣 • (gak) (hangeul 각, revised gak, McCune-Reischauer kak, Yale kak)
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