# 閣

| 閣 | U+95A3, &#38307; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A3 |
| ← 関 [U+95A2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 閤 → [U+95A4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

閣 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹水口 (ANHER), four-corner 7760$_4$, composition ⿵門各)

#### Derived characters

* 𡁤, 𪦫, 𭟉, 擱(搁), 𤁐, 櫊, 𰟫(𰟄), 𨆿

#### Related characters

* 阁 (Simplified Chinese)
* 閤 (Variant traditional form of 阁 in mainland China)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1334, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41300
* Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4298, character 2
* Unihan data for U+95A3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 閣 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *klaːɡ): semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gé (ge$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gok$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok
* Eastern Min (BUC): gó̤h
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koh / kok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): goh$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$koq
* 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: gok$^3$
*** Yale: gok
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gok$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gog$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok
*** Hakka Romanization System: gog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kok̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤h
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh / kok
*** Tâi-lô: koh / kok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koiq, kog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /koʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /koʔ⁵/, /kɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /koʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /koʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤʔ³²/, /kɔk̚³²/
* koh - vernacular;
* kok - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kak
Rime :
| Character | 閣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 鐸 (103) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古落切 |
| Baxter | kak |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kak̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɑk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ge |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gok$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.kˤak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*klaːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 閣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kak › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.kˁak/ |
| English | shelf, frame |
| 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 | 閣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3883 |
| Phonetic component | 各 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 各 |
| Old Chinese | /*klaːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

閣
* chamber; pavilion
* cabinet
* (Hong Kong, only used in names) apartment building

#### Compounds

* 亭臺樓閣 / 亭台楼阁 (tíngtáilóugé)
* 仙山瓊閣 / 仙山琼阁 (xiānshānqiónggé)
* 令閣 / 令阁
* 倒閣 / 倒阁 (dǎogé)
* 入閣 / 入阁 (rùgé)
* 內閣 / 内阁 (nèigé)
* 內閣制 / 内阁制
* 內閣總理 / 内阁总理
* 凌煙閣 / 凌烟阁
* 出閣 / 出阁 (chūgé)
* 出閣之喜 / 出阁之喜
* 劍閣 / 剑阁 (Jiàngé)
* 大家閨閣 / 大家闺阁
* 天一閣 / 天一阁 (Tiānyīgé)
* 天祿閣 / 天禄阁
* 太魯閣 / 太鲁阁 (Tàilǔgé)
* 延閣 / 延阁
* 影子內閣 / 影子内阁 (yǐngzi nèigé)
* 投閣 / 投阁
* 抬閣 / 抬阁
* 揚雄投閣 / 扬雄投阁
* 擔閣 / 担阁
* 文宗閣 / 文宗阁
* 文津閣 / 文津阁
* 文淵閣 / 文渊阁
* 文源閣 / 文源阁
* 文滙閣 / 文滙阁
* 文溯閣 / 文溯阁
* 文瀾閣 / 文澜阁
* 暖閣 / 暖阁
* 朱閣 / 朱阁
* 朱閣青樓 / 朱阁青楼
* 束之高閣 / 束之高阁 (shùzhīgāogé)
* 東閣 / 东阁
* 架閣 / 架阁
* 梵閣 / 梵阁
* 椒閣 / 椒阁
* 樓臺亭閣 / 楼台亭阁
* 樓閣 / 楼阁 (lóugé)
* 樓閣亭臺 / 楼阁亭台
* 殿閣 / 殿阁
* 汲古閣 / 汲古阁
* 淳化閣帖 / 淳化阁帖
* 淳熙閣帖 / 淳熙阁帖
* 滕王閣 / 滕王阁 (Téngwánggé)
* 滕王閣序 / 滕王阁序
* 玉樓金閣 / 玉楼金阁
* 瓊瑤樓閣 / 琼瑶楼阁
* 瓊臺玉閣 / 琼台玉阁
* 瓊閨繡閣 / 琼闺绣阁
* 畫閣 / 画阁 (huàgé)
* 畫閣朱樓 / 画阁朱楼
* 直閣 / 直阁
* 看守內閣 / 看守内阁
* 空中樓閣 / 空中楼阁 (kōngzhōnglóugé)
* 組閣 / 组阁 (zǔgé)
* 繡閣 / 绣阁
* 繡閣長春 / 绣阁长春
* 置之高閣 / 置之高阁
* 耽閣 / 耽阁
* 聯合內閣 / 联合内阁
* 聯立內閣 / 联立内阁
* 臺閣 / 台阁
* 臺閣生風 / 台阁生风
* 藝閣 / 艺阁
* 複閣 / 复阁
* 責任內閣 / 责任内阁
* 超然內閣 / 超然内阁
* 過渡內閣 / 过渡内阁
* 鈴閣 / 铃阁
* 閉閣思過 / 闭阁思过
* 閣下 / 阁下 (géxià)
* 閣不住 / 阁不住
* 閣主 / 阁主
* 閣兒 / 阁儿
* 閣員 / 阁员 (géyuán)
* 閣子 / 阁子 (gézi)
* 閣揆 / 阁揆 (gékuí)
* 閣楞 / 阁楞
* 閣樓 / 阁楼 (gélóu)
* 閣正 / 阁正
* 閣氣 / 阁气
* 閣淚 / 阁泪
* 閣老 / 阁老
* 閣落 / 阁落
* 閣議 / 阁议
* 閣道 / 阁道
* 閣鈔 / 阁钞
* 閨閣 / 闺阁 (guīgé)
* 閣閣 / 阁阁
* 閨閣之臣 / 闺阁之臣
* 阿閣 / 阿阁
* 飛閣 / 飞阁
* 館閣 / 馆阁
* 館閣氣 / 馆阁气
* 館閣體 / 馆阁体
* 香閨繡閣 / 香闺绣阁
* 高閣 / 高阁
* 鳳閣 / 凤阁
* 鳳閣龍樓 / 凤阁龙楼
* 麒麟閣 / 麒麟阁
* 麟閣 / 麟阁 (língé)
* 黃閣 / 黄阁
* 黃閣紫樞 / 黄阁紫枢

### Etymology 2

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “some insight and from 故?”

#### Pronunciation 1

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koh / kó
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh
*** Tâi-lô: koh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koiq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /koʔ³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /koʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó
*** Tâi-lô: kó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koir
*** IPA (Philippines): /ko⁵⁵⁴/

#### Adverb

閣
* (Hokkien) again
       Chhiáⁿ koh kóng chi̍t pái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Please say it again once more.
* (Hokkien) still; yet
* (Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) also; as well; furthermore; in addition; moreover
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) on the contrary; to the contrary; instead; rather; as a matter of fact

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 又 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 又 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 又 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 又 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 又 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 又 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 又 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 又 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 又 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 又 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 又, 又試 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 又, 又試 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 又 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 又 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 又 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 又 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 又, 已 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 復 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再, 又閣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 又, 又再 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 又 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 再, 又 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 亦 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 亦 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 又 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 又 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 再 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 再 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 再 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 再 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 再 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 又, 再 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 再 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 再 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 再 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 再, 添 > |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 再, 添 > |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 應 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 再, 湊 > |
| Hakka | Meixian | 再, 添 > |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 再 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 再, 唵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 再, 蓋, 介 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 介 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閣, 閣再 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 閣, 閣再 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 閣, 閣再 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 閣, 閣再 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再, 過再, 閣過再 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 再 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 又, 再 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 再 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 再, 添 > |
| Xiang | Changsha | 再 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 再, 還 |
| Note | > - used after the object | > - used after the object |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 猶, 尚 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 還, 仍, 尚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 還 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 還 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 還 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 還 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 還 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 還 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 還 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 還 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 還 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 還 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 還 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 還 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 還 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 還 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 還 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 還 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 重 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 重 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 還 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 重 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 重 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 還 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 還 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 還 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 還 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 還 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 還 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 還 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 重 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 重, 還 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 重 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 重 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 閒 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 重 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 成 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 重 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 重 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 重 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 重 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 淨, 重 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 重 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 鄭 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 重 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 重 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 鄭 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 還 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 重 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 重 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 重 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 重 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 重 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 重 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 重 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 重 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 淨 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 重 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 重 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 還 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 還 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 還 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 重 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 還 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 還 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 還 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 還 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 還 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 還 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 還 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 還 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 猶 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 還 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 還 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 還 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 還 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 還 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 固, 唵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 固 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 固 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 猶, 猶閣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 猶, 猶閣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 猶, 猶閣 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 還 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 猶, 猶閣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 閣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 猶, 猶閣, 閣 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 猶, 猶閣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 還 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 還 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 還 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 還 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 還 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 仲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 重 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 還 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 還 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 還 |
| Wu | Danyang | 還 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 還 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 還 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 還 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 還 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 還 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 還 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 亦 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 也 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 也 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 也 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 也 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 也 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 也 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 也 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 也 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 也 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 也 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 也 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 也 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 都, 亦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 都, 亦, 亦都 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 都, 亦 formal |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 都, 也 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 亦 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 亦, 都, 亦都 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 也 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 都 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 都, 亦都 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 也 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 也 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Meilin) | 也 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 乜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 乜, 也 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 乜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 乜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 乜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 嘛 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 呠 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 也 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 也 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 也 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 也 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 也, 嘛 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 也, 嘛 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 也, 嘛 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 也, 嘛 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 呠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 也, 呠, 嘛 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 也, 嘛, 閣 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 也 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 也 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 也 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 呠, 也, 嘛 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 也 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 也 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 都 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 也 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 亦 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 也 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 也 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 也 |

#### Compounds

* 又閣 / 又阁
* 猶閣 / 犹阁
* 閣再 / 阁再
* 閣娶 / 阁娶
* 閣嫁 / 阁嫁
* 閣活 / 阁活 (koh-oa̍h)
* 閣活節 / 阁活节
* 閣說 / 阁说
* 閣講 / 阁讲
* 閣較 / 阁较
* 閣鬥的 / 阁斗的

#### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --koh / --kó
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --koh
*** Tâi-lô: --koh
** (Hokkien: Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --kó
*** Tâi-lô: --kó

#### Particle

閣
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Philippine Hokkien) Emphatic final particle used to make requests

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 吧 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 啦, 吧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 啦 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 啦 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啦 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 唷 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 閣 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 喔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 喔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 啦 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 唷, 閣 |

### Further reading

* “閣”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “閣”, 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

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* tower
* tall building
* palace

#### Readings

* Go-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
* Kun: かんぬき (kannuki)、たな (tana, 閣)、たかどの (takadono, 閣)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 閣
* たかどの Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閣 – see the following entry. :
| 【高殿たかどの】 | [noun] lofty palace [proper noun] a surname |
(This term, 閣, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 閣 (MC kak). Recorded as Middle Korean 각 (kak) (Yale: kak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 閣 (eumhun 집 각 (jip gak))
* hanja form of 각 (“chamber; pavilion”)
* hanja form of 각 (“cabinet”)

#### Compounds

* 각료 (閣僚, gangnyo)
* 각의 (閣議, gagui)
* 각하 (閣下, gakha)
* 내각 (內閣, naegak)
* 누각 (樓閣, nugak)
* 입각 (入閣, ipgak)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

閣: Hán Nôm readings: các, gác
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