# 闍

| 闍 | U+95CD, &#38349; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95CD |
| ← 闌 [U+95CC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 闎 → [U+95CE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

闍 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓十大日 (ANJKA), four-corner 7760$_4$, composition ⿵門者)
* tower over city gate

#### Derived characters

* 𡄢

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1339, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41434
* Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4302, character 11
* Unihan data for U+95CD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 觰 | *rtaːʔ, *rtaː |
| 諸 | *tjaː, *tja |
| 者 | *tjaːʔ |
| 堵 | *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ |
| 赭 | *tjaːʔ |
| 撦 | *l̥ʰjaːʔ |
| 扯 | *tʰjaːʔ |
| 闍 | *djaː, *taː |
| 奢 | *hljaː |
| 鍺 | *toːlʔ |
| 都 | *taː |
| 醏 | *taː |
| 覩 | *taːʔ |
| 睹 | *taːʔ |
| 暏 | *taːʔ |
| 賭 | *taːʔ |
| 帾 | *taːʔ |
| 楮 | *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 屠 | *daː, *da |
| 瘏 | *daː |
| 廜 | *daː |
| 鷵 | *daː |
| 緒 | *ljaʔ |
| 豬 | *ta |
| 猪 | *ta |
| 瀦 | *ta |
| 藸 | *ta, *da |
| 櫫 | *ta |
| 褚 | *taʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 著 | *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ |
| 箸 | *tas, *das |
| 儲 | *da |
| 躇 | *da |
| 櫧 | *tja |
| 藷 | *tja, *djas |
| 蠩 | *tja |
| 煮 | *tjaʔ |
| 渚 | *tjaʔ |
| 煑 | *tjaʔ |
| 陼 | *tjaʔ |
| 翥 | *tjas |
| 署 | *djas |
| 薯 | *djas |
| 曙 | *djas |
| 書 | *hlja |
| 暑 | *hjaʔ |
| 鐯 | *taɡ |
| 擆 | *taɡ |
| 櫡 | *taɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djaː, *taː): semantic 門 (“door”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dū (du$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dū
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: du
*** Wade–Giles: tu$^1$
*** Yale: dū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du
*** Palladius: ду (du)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^1$
*** Yale: dōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tu, dzyae
Rime :
| Character | 闍 | 闍 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 當孤切 | 視遮切 |
| Baxter | tu | dzyae |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuo/ | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuo/ | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /to/ | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɔ/ | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Li Rong | /to/ | /ʑia/ |
| Wang Li | /tu/ | /ʑĭa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tuo/ | /ʑi̯a/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dū | ché |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dou$^1$ | se$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djaː/, /*taː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 闍 | 闍 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16965 | 16969 |
| Phonetic component | 者 | 者 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 闍 | 都 |
| Old Chinese | /*djaː/ | /*taː/ |

#### Definitions

闍
* (archaic) platform over city gate; barbican
* Used in 闍里.

#### Compounds

* 闍臺 / 阇台
* 闍里
* 闉闍 / 𬮱阇

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shé (she$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): se$^4$ / ze$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shé
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shé
*** Wade–Giles: shê$^2$
*** Yale: shé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sher
*** Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: se$^4$ / ze$^1$
*** Yale: sèh / jē
*** Cantonese Pinyin: se$^4$ / dze$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sé$^4$ / zé$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛː²¹/, /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzyae
Rime :
| Character | 闍 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 視遮切 |
| Baxter | dzyae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑia/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑia/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯a/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ché |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | se$^4$ |

#### Definitions

闍
* Used in transcription, especially from Sanskrit.

#### Compounds

* 伐闍羅 / 伐阇罗
* 安闍那 / 安阇那
* 必闍赤 / 必阇赤
* 慕闍 / 慕阇
* 羅闍 / 罗阇
* 耆闍 / 耆阇
* 耆闍崛山 / 耆阇崛山
* 蘭闍 / 兰阇
* 闍婆 / 阇婆 (Shépó)
* 闍婆婆達 / 阇婆婆达
* 闍婆達 / 阇婆达
* 闍提花 / 阇提花
* 闍梨 / 阇梨
* 闍毗 / 阇毗
* 闍維 / 阇维
* 闍黎 / 阇黎
* 阿闍 / 阿阇
* 阿闍世 / 阿阇世
* 阿闍梨 / 阿阇梨 (āshélí)
* 阿闍黎 / 阿阇黎

### References

* “闍”, 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)
* watchtower
* used as a phonetic reading

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゃ (ja)、つ (tsu)
* Kan-on: しゃ (sha)、と (to)
* Kun: うてな (utena, 闍)

## Korean
### Hanja

闍 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)
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