閣

See also: 阁 and 閤
閣 U+95A3, 閣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A3
← 関
[U+95A2]
CJK Unified Ideographs 閤 →
[U+95A4]

Translingual

Han character

閣 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹水口 (ANHER), four-corner 77604, composition ⿵門各)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 1334, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41300
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4298, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+95A3

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 閣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *klaːɡ) : semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ).

Etymology 1

trad. 閣
simp. 阁*

Pronunciation


Note:
  • koh - vernacular;
  • kok - literary.

Rime
Character 閣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 唐 (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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 閣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gé
Middle
Chinese
‹ kak ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.kˁak/
English shelf, frame

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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/

Definitions

閣

  1. chamber; pavilion
  2. cabinet
  3. (Hong Kong, only used in names) apartment building

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 閣
simp. 阁*
alternative forms

Pronunciation


Definitions

閣

  1. (Min Nan) again
    請閣講一擺/请阁讲一摆 [Hokkien]  ―  Chhiáⁿ koh kóng chi̍t pái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Please say it again once more.
Synonyms

Compounds

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji

閣

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. tower
  2. tall building
  3. palace

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 閣 (MC kɑk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 각 (kak) (Yale: kak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource 閣 (eumhun 집 각 (jip gak))

  1. Hanja form? of 각 (“chamber; pavilion”).
  2. Hanja form? of 각 (“cabinet”).

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

閣: Hán Nôm readings: các, gác

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