# 阸

| 阸 | U+9638, &#38456; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9638 |
| ← 阷 [U+9637] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 阹 → [U+9639] |

## Translingual
### Han character

阸 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓中竹尸弓 (NLHSN) or 弓中戈尸弓 (NLISN), composition ⿰阝戹)
* distress
* difficulty

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1347, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41590
* Dae Jaweon: page 1849, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4124, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9638

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 呃 | *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ |
| 阸 | *qreːɡs, *qreːɡ |
| 厄 | *qreːɡ |
| 蚅 | *qreːɡ |
| 扼 | *qreːɡ |
| 軛 | *qreːɡ |
| 戹 | *qreːɡ |
| 豟 | *qreːɡ |
| 呝 | *qreːɡ |
| 軶 | *qreːɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): è (e$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aai$^3$ / aak$^1$ / ak$^1$ / ngaai$^3$ / ngaak$^1$ / ngak$^1$
* Mandarin
** (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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aai$^3$ / aak$^1$ / ak$^1$ / ngaai$^3$ / ngaak$^1$ / ngak$^1$
*** Yale: aai / āak / āk / ngaai / ngāak / ngāk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aai$^3$ / aak$^7$ / ak$^7$ / ngaai$^3$ / ngaak$^7$ / ngak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ai$^3$ / ag$^1$ / eg$^1$ / ngai$^3$ / ngag$^1$ / ngeg$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /aːi̯³³/, /aːk̚⁵/, /ɐk̚⁵/, /ŋaːi̯³³/, /ŋaːk̚⁵/, /ŋɐk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'eaH, 'eak
Rime :
| Character | 阸 | 阸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) | 麥 (119) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 烏懈切 | 於革切 |
| Baxter | 'eaH | 'eak |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠɛ$^H$/ | /ʔˠɛk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚæ$^H$/ | /ʔᵚæk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔæi$^H$/ | /ʔɐk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaɨj$^H$/ | /ʔəɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɛ$^H$/ | /ʔɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ai$^H$/ | /æk̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔai$^H$/ | /ʔæk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yà | e |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | aai$^3$ | ak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤ<r>[i]k-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qreːɡs/, /*qreːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 阸 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | ài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔɛ$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qˁ<r>[i]k-s/ |
| English | a narrow pass |
| 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 | 阸 | 阸 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 2706 | 2713 |
| Phonetic component | 戹 | 戹 |
| Rime group | 賜 | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 隘 | 戹 |
| Old Chinese | /*qreːɡs/ | /*qreːɡ/ |

### Definitions

阸
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

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* Go-on: あ (a)、やく (yaku)
* Kan-on: あい (ai)、あく (aku)
* Kun: ふさがる (fusagaru, 阸がる)、かぎる (kagiru, 阸る)、せまる (semaru, 阸る)、あやうい (ayaui, 阸い)、くるしみ (kurushimi, 阸しみ)、なやみ (nayami, 阸み)、けわしい (kewashii, 阸しい)、せまい (semai, 阸い)