# 闔

| 闔 | U+95D4, &#38356; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95D4 |
| ← 闓 [U+95D3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 闕 → [U+95D5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

闔 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日弓土戈廿 (ANGIT), four-corner 7710$_7$, composition ⿵門盍)

#### Related characters

* 阖 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1340, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41452
* Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4312, character 1
* Unihan data for U+95D4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 闔 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 蓋 | *kaːbs, *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 盖 | *kaːbs |
| 溘 | *kʰaːbs, *kʰoːb, *kʰaːb |
| 搕 | *qoːb |
| 嗑 | *kaːb, *ɡaːb |
| 榼 | *kʰaːb |
| 磕 | *kʰaːb, *kʰaːd |
| 瞌 | *kʰaːb |
| 盍 | *ɡaːb |
| 闔 | *ɡaːb |
| 篕 | *ɡaːb |
| 熆 | *ɡaːb |
| 鰪 | *qaːb |
| 廅 | *qaːb |
| 圔 | *qroːb |
| 饁 | *ɢrab |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hab$^8$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$
*** Yale: hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
*** Tâi-lô: ha̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hap
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hap̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hap̚⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hab$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ha̍p
*** Sinological IPA : /hap̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: hap
Rime :
| Character | 闔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 盍 (144) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡臘切 |
| Baxter | hap |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦap̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hap$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːb/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 闔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5081 |
| Phonetic component | 盍 |
| Rime group | 盍 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 盍 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːb/ |

#### Definitions

闔
* (literary) door; door leaf
    Synonym: 扉 (fēi)
* (literary) all of; whole of; entire
    alt. forms: 閤 (hé) / 合 (hé)
    Synonym: 全 (quán)
    闔府／阖府 ― héfǔ ― the whole family
* (literary) to close; to shut
    alt. forms: 閤 (hé) / 合 (hé)
* Alternative form of 盍 (hé, “why not”)
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 捭闔 / 捭阖 (bǎihé)
* 捭闔縱橫 / 捭阖纵横 (bǎihézònghéng)
* 縱橫捭闔 / 纵横捭阖 (zònghéngbǎihé)
* 開闔 / 开阖
* 閶闔 / 阊阖 (chānghé)
* 闔上 / 阖上
* 闔國 / 阖国
* 闔家 / 阖家 (héjiā)
* 闔府 / 阖府 (héfǔ)
* 闔廬 / 阖庐
* 闔扇 / 阖扇
* 闔眼 / 阖眼
* 闔第 / 阖第
* 闔第光臨 / 阖第光临
* 闔門 / 阖门
* 闔門卻掃 / 阖门却扫
* 闔閭 / 阖闾
* 顏闔鑿培 / 颜阖凿培
* 風雲開闔 / 风云开阖

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kha̍h / khah
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha̍h
*** Tâi-lô: kha̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qah
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah
*** Tâi-lô: khah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qaq
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kʰaʔ⁵/
* Quanzhou:
** khah - to close;
** kha̍h - to be detained.

#### Definitions

闔
* (Southern Min) to close, leaving it slightly open
    闔門／阖门 [Hokkien] ― kha̍h mn̂g [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― close the door, but leave it slightly open
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to be detained; to be held up; to get stuck

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04395
* “闔”, 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.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* to close; to shut
* whole; entire; all
* Alternative form of 扉 (“door”)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ごう (gō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō)
* Kun: とびら (tobira, 闔)、とじる (tojiru, 闔じる)、すべて (subete, 闔て)

#### Compounds

* 闔国(こうこく) (kōkoku): nationwide; entire country

### References

* ↑ “闔”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

闔 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)
* to close; to shut
* whole; entire; all

## Vietnamese
### Han character

闔: Hán Nôm readings: hạp
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#### References

* Nom Foundation