閂

閂 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+1, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日弓一 (ANM), four-corner 7710₇, composition ⿵門一)

1. bolt
2. latch
3. crossbar

• KangXi: page 1330, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41211
• Dae Jaweon: page 1834, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4282, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9582

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 門 (“gate”) + 一 (“a crossbar”) ― a crossbar over a gate; sealing it closed.

Compare 關.

Related to 關 (OC *kroːn) (Zhengzhang, 2003).

閂

1. bolt; latch; crossbar
2. to bolt; to latch
3. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) to close (a door, a gate, etc.)

   閂埋個窗／闩埋个窗 [Cantonese]  ―  saan¹ maai⁴ go³ coeng¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to close up the window

4. (Cantonese) to switch off; to turn off

   閂風扇／闩风扇 [Cantonese]  ―  saan¹ fung¹ sin³ [Jyutping]  ―  to turn off the fan

閂 (Min)

1. bolt; latch; crossbar
2. to bolt; to latch

• 貫木 (uncommon)

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. gate bar

• Go-on: さん (san)
• Kan-on: さん (san)
• Kun: かんぬき (kannuki, 閂)^{←くわんぬき (kwannuki, 閂, historical)}

閂 (kannuki) a wooden crossbar used as a latch

/kwan no ki/ → /kwanːoki/ → /kwanːuki/ → /kanːuki/

Shift from 貫の木 (kan no ki, literally “1-kan (3.75-kilogram/8.267-pound) wood”)[1][2] or 関の木 (kan no ki, literally “wooden barrier”), possibly influenced by 貫 (nuki, “wooden beam used in joinery”).

• (Tokyo) かんぬ​き [kàńnúꜜkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• (Tokyo) かんぬき​ [kàńnúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠nːɯ̟ᵝkʲi]

閂(かんぬき) • (kannuki) ^{←くわんぬき (kwannuki)?}

1. a heavy, usually wooden, crossbar used to lock across double doors or gates of an entrance to a building, similar to a latch

   Synonym: 貫木 (kangi)

2. (sumo) a sumo grip in which one athlete wraps his arms around both of his opponent’s arms and squeezes them together to maneuver the opponent for a kimedashi or kimetaoshi, or to weaken the opponent’s grip on the mawashi; a type of armbar

閂(かんぬき) • (Kannuki) ^{←くわんぬき (kwannuki)?}

1. a surname