# 閟

| 閟 | U+959F, &#38303; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-959F |
| ← 閞 [U+959E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閠 → [U+95A0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閟 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日弓心竹 (ANPH), four-corner 7733$_0$, composition ⿵門必)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1333, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41283
* Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4293, character 11
* Unihan data for U+959F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 泌 | *mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 秘 | *mpriɡs |
| 毖 | *priɡs |
| 閟 | *priɡs |
| 柲 | *priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鉍 | *priɡs, *priɡ |
| 邲 | *priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 覕 | *pliŋs, *mbliːɡ |
| 咇 | *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ |
| 苾 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 馝 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 飶 | *bliːɡ, *bliɡ |
| 鴓 | *mbliːɡ |
| 鮅 | *pliɡ, *bliɡ |
| 必 | *pliɡ |
| 珌 | *pliɡ |
| 佖 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 駜 | *bliɡ, *briɡ |
| 怭 | *bliɡ |
| 妼 | *bliɡ |
| 宓 | *mriɡ, *mliɡ |
| 樒 | *mriɡ |
| 密 | *mriɡ |
| 蔤 | *mriɡ |
| 滵 | *mriɡ |
| 蜜 | *mliɡ |
| 謐 | *mliɡ |
| 榓 | *mliɡ |
| 淧 | *mliɡ |
| 瑟 | *smriɡ, *smriɡ |
| 璱 | *sriɡ |
| 飋 | *sriɡ |
| 虙 | *blɯɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bì (bi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bei$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bì
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bì
*** Wade–Giles: pi$^4$
*** Yale: bì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
*** Palladius: би (bi)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bei$^3$
*** Yale: bei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: béi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pei̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: pijH
Rime :
| Character | 閟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 兵媚切 |
| Baxter | pijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /pji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pi$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pri[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*priɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 閟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pri[t]-s/ |
| English | to shut, close |
| 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 | 閟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 555 |
| Phonetic component | 必 |
| Rime group | 至 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 祕 |
| Old Chinese | /*priɡs/ |

### Definitions

閟
* (literary) to shut up; to close; to hide
* (literary) careful; cautious

#### Compounds

* 閟宮／𮤲宫

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* hide
* keep secret
* hideaway

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
* Kun: とじる (tojiru)

## Korean
### Hanja

閟 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
* close the door
* shut
* hide