# 閤

| 閤 | U+95A4, &#38308; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A4 |
| ← 閣 [U+95A3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閥 → [U+95A5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閤 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓人一口 (ANOMR), four-corner 7760$_1$, composition ⿵門合)

#### Derived characters

* 𮆤, 𨶼

#### Related characters

* 閣 (Orthodox traditional form of 閤 for the pronunciation gé in mainland China)
* 阁 (Simplified form for the pronunciation gé in mainland China)
* 合 (Simplified form for the pronunciation hé in mainland China)
* 𬮤 (Nonstandard form in simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1334, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41301
* Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4297, character 7
* Unihan data for U+95A4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 閤
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 龕 | *kʰuːm |
| 媕 | *quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb |
| 頜 | *ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb |
| 答 | *tkuːb |
| 畣 | *tkuːb |
| 荅 | *tkuːb |
| 嗒 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 褡 | *tuːb, *toːb |
| 撘 | *tuːb |
| 搭 | *tuːb, *tʰoːb |
| 榙 | *tkuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 佮 | *tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb |
| 蛤 | *kuːb |
| 鴿 | *kuːb |
| 合 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 郃 | *kuːb, *ɡuːb |
| 匌 | *kuːb, *kʰuːb |
| 鉿 | *kuːb |
| 閤 | *kuːb |
| 鞈 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 韐 | *kuːb, *kruːb |
| 鮯 | *kuːb |
| 哈 | *ŋɡuːb |
| 姶 | *quːb, *quːb |
| 欱 | *qʰuːb, *qʰruːb |
| 盒 | *ɡuːb |
| 耠 | *ɡuːb |
| 詥 | *ɡuːb |
| 塔 | *tʰuːb |
| 鞳 | *tʰoːb |
| 劄 | *rtuːb |
| 跲 | *kruːb, *kob, *ɡob |
| 袷 | *kruːb, *ŋkob |
| 餄 | *kruːb |
| 恰 | *kʰruːb |
| 帢 | *kʰruːb |
| 洽 | *ɡruːb |
| 祫 | *ɡruːb |
| 珨 | *ɡruːb |
| 烚 | *ɡruːb |
| 歙 | *qʰjob, *qʰrub |
| 湁 | *tkʰub |
| 拾 | *ɡjub |
| 給 | *krub |
| 翕 | *qʰrub |
| 噏 | *qʰrub |
| 潝 | *qʰrub |
| 熻 | *qʰrub |
| 嬆 | *qʰrub |
| 翖 | *qʰrub |
| 闟 | *qʰrub |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kuːb) : semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb).

### Etymology 1

Compare 蓋 (OC *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb, “to cover”) (STEDT).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gé (ge$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gap$^3$ / gok$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kap
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gé
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gé
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^2$
*** Yale: gé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gap$^3$ / gok$^3$
*** Yale: gap / gok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gap$^8$ / gok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: geb$^3$ / gog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐp̚³/, /kɔːk̚³/
* gap3 - side door, surname;
* gok3 - alt.form of 閣.
* Middle Chinese: kop
Rime :
| Character | 閤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古沓切 |
| Baxter | kop |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kɒp̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gap$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤ[o]p/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kuːb/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 閤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kop › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁ[o]p/ |
| English | small gate |
| 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 | 閤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4960 |
| Phonetic component | 合 |
| Rime group | 緝 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 閤 |
| Old Chinese | /*kuːb/ |

#### Definitions

閤
* (literary) side door
* throne room
* (alt. form 閣) chamber; pavilion
* (alt. form 閣) female quarters
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 閤下／合下
* 閤中／合中
* 閤兒／合儿
* 閤分／合分
* 閤子／合子
* 閤門／合门

#### Usage notes

This character is considered a variant form of 閣／阁 (gé) in mainland China which is succeeded by 阁 as its simplified form.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$
*** Yale: hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/

#### Definitions

閤
* (alt. form 合, 闔) to close; to shut
    把眼睛閤上。／把眼睛合上。 ― Bǎ yǎnjīng hé shàng. ― to shut one's eyes
* (alt. form 闔) all of; whole of; entire
    Synonym: 全 (quán)

##### Compounds

* 閤家／合家 (héjiā)
* 閤府／合府
* 閤眼／合眼

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04386
* “閤”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: こう (kō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: くぐりど (kugurido, 閤)

## Korean
### Hanja

閤 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

閤: Hán Nôm readings: các
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#### References

* Nom Foundation