# 閜

| 閜 | U+959C, &#38300; 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 7762$_1$, 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

| | 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 |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎ (xia$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎ
*** Wade–Giles: hsia$^3$
*** Yale: syǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shea
*** Palladius: ся (sja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haa$^1$
*** Yale: hā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ha$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /haː⁵⁵/
* 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 | /hˠa$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hᵚa$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xa$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /haɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xa$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xa$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /xa$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | haa$^2$ |
* 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
* (intransitive) to split; to burst open
* large cup

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kě, ě (ke$^3$, e$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˇ, ㄜˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kě
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kě
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^3$
*** Yale: kě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kee
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ě
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ě
*** Wade–Giles: o$^3$
*** Yale: ě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ee
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hó
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː³⁵/

### Definitions

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