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閥
閥
See also: 阀
Translingual
Han character
閥 (radical 169 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓人戈 (ANOI), four-corner 77253)
- powerful and influential group
References
- KangXi: page 1334, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41308
- Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4297, character 1
- Unihan data for U+95A5
Chinese
| trad. | 閥 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 阀 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (伐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 茷 | *paːds, *bads, *bad |
| 筏 | *paːd, *bad |
| 伐 | *bad |
| 閥 | *bad |
| 垡 | *bad |
| 栰 | *bad |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ
- Wade-Giles: fa2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: far
- IPA (key): /fa̠³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fat6
- Yale: faht
- Cantonese Pinyin: fat9
- IPA (key): /fɐt̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 閥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 月 (68) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 房越切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/bʉɐt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/bʷiɐt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/biuɐt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/buat̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/biuɐt̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/bĭwɐt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/bʱi̯wɐt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
fá |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 閥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2861 |
| Phonetic component |
伐 |
| Rime group |
月 |
| Rime subdivision |
3 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
伐 |
| Old Chinese |
/*bad/ |
| Notes | 古作伐 |
Definitions
閥
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
閥
- powerful and influential group; a clique
Readings
- Goon: ぼち (bochi) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’on: はつ (hatsu) (non-Jōyō reading)
- Kan’yōon: ばつ (batsu)
- Kun: いえがら (iegara), いさお (isao)
Korean
Hanja
閥 • (beol) (hangeul 벌, revised beol, McCune-Reischauer pŏl, Yale pel)
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