# 閨

| 閨 | U+95A8, &#38312; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A8 |
| ← 閧 [U+95A7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閩 → [U+95A9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閨 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓土土 (ANGG), four-corner 7710$_4$, composition ⿵門圭)

#### Derived characters

* 𪷭

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1335, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41312
* Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 29
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4294, character 7
* Unihan data for U+95A8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʷeː) : semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː, “pointed jade tablet”) – arched door in the shape of a 圭 (guī).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guī (gui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kui / ke
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guī
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guei
*** Wade–Giles: kuei$^1$
*** Yale: gwēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guei
*** Palladius: гуй (guj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwai$^1$
*** Yale: gwāi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kui
*** Tâi-lô: kui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kuy
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kui³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke
*** Tâi-lô: ke
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kef
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ke⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ke³³/
* Middle Chinese: kwej
Rime :
| Character | 閨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (40) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 古攜切 |
| Baxter | kwej |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kwei/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kʷei/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kuɛi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kwɛj/ |
| Li Rong | /kuei/ |
| Wang Li | /kiwei/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kiwei/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | guī |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gwai$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 閨 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4572 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 |
| Rime group | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 圭 |
| Old Chinese | /*kʷeː/ |

### Definitions

閨
* (literary) small arched gate
* boudoir; lady's chamber

### Compounds

* 名閨／名闺
* 大家閨秀／大家闺秀 (dàjiāguīxiù)
* 大家閨閣／大家闺阁
* 宮閨／宫闺
* 待字閨中／待字闺中 (dàizì guīzhōng)
* 春閨／春闺
* 深閨／深闺 (shēnguī)
* 璇閨／璇闺
* 瓊閨繡閣／琼闺绣阁
* 空閨／空闺
* 篳門閨竇／筚门闺窦 (bìménguīdòu)
* 蘭閨／兰闺
* 重閨／重闺
* 金閨／金闺
* 閨中／闺中 (guīzhōng)
* 閨中妙質／闺中妙质
* 閨中密友／闺中密友 (guīzhōng mìyǒu)
* 閨友／闺友
* 閨器／闺器
* 閨女／闺女
* 閨怨／闺怨 (guīyuàn)
* 閨怨詩／闺怨诗
* 閨情／闺情
* 閨房／闺房 (guīfáng)
* 閨秀／闺秀 (guīxiù)
* 閨範／闺范 (guīfàn)
* 閨蜜／闺蜜 (guīmì)
* 閨門／闺门
* 閨門旦／闺门旦
* 閨門禮法／闺门礼法
* 閨閣／闺阁 (guīgé)
* 閨閣之臣／闺阁之臣
* 閨閫／闺阃
* 閨闥／闺闼
* 香閨／香闺
* 香閨繡閣／香闺绣阁
* 驚閨／惊闺
* 驚閨葉／惊闺叶
* 黃花閨女／黄花闺女

### References

* “閨”, 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

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* Kun: ねや (neya, 閨)

## Korean
### Hanja

閨 • (gyu) (hangeul 규, revised gyu, McCune–Reischauer kyu, Yale kyu)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

閨: Hán Nôm readings: khuê
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.