# 閼

| 閼 | U+95BC, &#38332; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95BC |
| ← 閻 [U+95BB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閽 → [U+95BD] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閼 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓卜尸卜 (ANYSY), four-corner 7723$_3$, composition ⿵門於)
* block, obstruct, stop up, conceal

#### Derived characters

* 𤂷

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41380
* Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 1
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4306, character 3
* Unihan data for U+95BC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 閼 | *qran, *qeːn, *qaːd, *qad |
| 菸 | *qeːn, *qas |
| 於 | *qaː, *qa |
| 淤 | *qa, *qas |
| 箊 | *qa |
| 唹 | *qa |
| 扵 | *qa |
| 瘀 | *qas |
| 棜 | *qas |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yān, è, yù (yan$^1$, e$^4$, yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ, ㄜˋ, ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^1$ / aat$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): at
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): at
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yān
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yan
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^1$
*** Yale: yān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ian
*** Palladius: янь (janʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: è
*** Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: è
*** Wade–Giles: o$^4$
*** Yale: è
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
*** Palladius: э (e)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^1$ / aat$^3$
*** Yale: yīn / aat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^1$ / aat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^1$ / ad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn⁵⁵/, /aːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: at
*** Hakka Romanization System: ad$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /at̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: at
*** Tâi-lô: at
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /at̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /at̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /at̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /at̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /at̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: 'en, 'jen, 'jot, 'at
Rime :
| Character | 閼 | 閼 | 閼 | 閼 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 仙 (79) | 月 (67) | 曷 (63) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III | III | I |
| Fanqie | 烏前切 | 於乾切 | 於歇切 | 烏葛切 |
| Baxter | 'en | 'jen | 'jot | 'at |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔen/ | /ʔˠiᴇn/ | /ʔɨɐt̚/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔen/ | /ʔᵚiɛn/ | /ʔiɐt̚/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɛn/ | /ʔiæn/ | /ʔiɐt̚/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɛn/ | /ʔian/ | /ʔɨat̚/ | /ʔat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔen/ | /ʔjɛn/ | /ʔiɐt̚/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ien/ | /ĭɛn/ | /ĭɐt̚/ | /ɑt̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔien/ | /ʔi̯ɛn/ | /ʔɨ̯ɐt̚/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yān | yān | ye | e |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^1$ | jin$^1$ | jit$^3$ | ot$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤat/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qran/, /*qeːn/, /*qaːd/, /*qad/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 閼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | è |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔat › |
| Old Chinese | /*qˁat/ |
| English | repress; cease |
| 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 | 閼 | 閼 | 閼 | 閼 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| No. | 15807 | 15808 | 15820 | 15821 |
| Phonetic component | 於 | 於 | 於 | 於 |
| Rime group | 元 | 元 | 月 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 焉 | 煙 | 遏 | 謁 |
| Old Chinese | /*qran/ | /*qeːn/ | /*qaːd/ | /*qad/ |
| Notes | 閼氏見史記 | | | |

### Definitions

閼
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#### Compounds

* 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
* 淤閼／淤阏 (yū'è)
* 閼伯／阏伯
* 閼塞／阏塞 (èsè)
* 閼氏／阏氏 (yānzhī)
* 閼與／阏与
* 閼逢／阏逢
* 雍閼

### References

* “閼”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: あち (achi)、えん (en)
* Kan-on: あつ (atsu)、えん (en)
* Kan’yō-on: あ (a)
* Kun: とどめる (todomeru, 閼める)、ふさぐ (fusagu, 閼ぐ)

## Korean
### Hanja

閼 (eumhun 가로막을 알 (garomageul al))
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