# 閾

| 閾 | U+95BE, &#38334; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95BE |
| ← 閽 [U+95BD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閿 → [U+95BF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閾 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓戈口一 (ANIRM), four-corner 7715$_3$, composition ⿵門或)
* threshold
* separated, confined

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41384
* Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 7
* Unihan data for U+95BE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 閾
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 幗 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 慖 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 簂 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 蔮 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 國 | *kʷɯːɡ |
| 或 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 惑 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 蜮 | *ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 閾 | *qʰʷrɯɡ |
| 緎 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 淢 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 域 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 罭 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 棫 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 琙 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 魊 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 馘 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 聝 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 膕 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 摑 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 漍 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 嘓 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 蟈 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 掝 | *qʰʷrɯːɡ |
| 彧 | *qʷrɯɡ |
| 稶 | *qʷɯɡ |

### Etymology

Related to 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ, “country, nation”); see there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yù (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wik$^6$ / kwik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (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: wik$^6$ / kwik$^1$
*** Yale: wihk / kwīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wik$^9$ / kwik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wig$^6$ / kuig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɪk̚²/, /kʷʰɪk̚⁵/
* Middle Chinese: xwik
Rime :
| Character | 閾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (135) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 況逼切 |
| Baxter | xwik |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hwɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hʷɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiuek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hwik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /xiuək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭwək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯wək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 閾 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5551 |
| Phonetic component | 或 |
| Rime group | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 洫 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷrɯɡ/ |

### Definitions

閾
* (literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep; doorway
* (literary) limits; confines; boundary

#### Synonyms

* (threshold):
* 地方 (di$^5$ fan) (Hengyang Xiang)
* 戶填 / 户填 (Hokkien)
* 戶限 / 户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
* 戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
* 柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
* 梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
* 榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
* 檻 / 槛 (kǎn)
* 轔 / 辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
* 門地伏 / 门地伏 (mon$^3$ i$^5$ fuuk$^4$) (Taishanese)
* 門填 / 门填 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 門墊 / 门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
* 門岸 / 门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 門檻 / 门槛 (ménkǎn)
* 門限 / 门限 (ménxiàn)
* 門階 / 门阶 (ménjiē)
* 閫 / 阃 (kǔn) (literary)
* 限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)

### References

* “閾”, 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)
* threshold

#### Readings

* Go-on: いき (iki)
* Kan-on: よく (yoku)
* On: きょく (kyoku)
* Kun: しきい (shikii, 閾)

#### Compounds

* 男(おとこ)は閾(しきい)を跨(また)げば七(しち)人(にん)の敵(てき)あり (otoko wa shikī o matageba shichinin no teki ari)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 閾
* いき Hyōgai
* goon
From Middle Chinese 閾 (MC xwik). Compare modern Cantonese 閾 / 阈 (wik$^6$, /wɪk̚²/).
The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いき [íꜜkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ikʲi]

#### Noun

閾(いき) • (iki)
* threshold

#### Affix

閾(いき) • (iki)
* threshold

##### Derived terms

* 閾(いき)下(か) (ikika): subliminal
* 閾(いき)値(ち) (ikichi), 閾(しき)値(いち) (shikīchi)
* 識(しき)閾(いき) (shikīki)
* 刺(し)激(げき)閾(いき) (shigekīki)
* 弁(べん)別(べつ)閾(いき) (benbetsuiki)
* 門(もん)閾(いき) (mon'iki)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 閾
* しきい Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry. :
| 【敷居しきい】 | [noun] threshold, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway) |
(This term, 閾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 閾
* しきみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry: しきみ
(The following entry is uncreated: しきみ.)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

閾 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)
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