# 闈

| 闈 | U+95C8, &#38344; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95C8 |
| ← 闇 [U+95C7] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 闉 → [U+95C9] |

## Translingual
### Han character

闈 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓木一手 (ANDMQ), four-corner 7750$_6$, composition ⿵門韋)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1338, character 26
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41425
* Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 38
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4310, character 5
* Unihan data for U+95C8

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 闈
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 禕 | *qral |
| 郼 | *qʷɯl |
| 褘 | *qʰʷɯl |
| 諱 | *qʰʷɯls |
| 媁 | *qʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 幃 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 違 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 圍 | *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯls |
| 韋 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 闈 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 湋 | *ɢʷɯl |
| 鍏 | *ɢʷɯl, *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 潿 | *ɢɯl |
| 韙 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 煒 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 暐 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 偉 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 瑋 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 葦 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 椲 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 韡 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 愇 | *ɢʷɯlʔ |
| 緯 | *ɢʷɯls |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wéi (wei$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wai$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): ùi
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ui$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
*** Wade–Giles: wei$^2$
*** Yale: wéi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
*** Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /weɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wai$^4$
*** Yale: wàih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wei$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɐi̯²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ùi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ui$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: úi
*** Sinological IPA : /ui¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi
*** Tâi-lô: uî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: uii
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³/
* Middle Chinese: hjw+j
Rime :
| Character | 闈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 雨非切 |
| Baxter | hjw+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuj/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuəi/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /we̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wéi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 闈 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12818 |
| Phonetic component | 韋 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 幃 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷɯl/ |

### Definitions

闈
* side door of the palace
* imperial concubines' residence
* one's parents' bedroom
* women's quarters
* (historical) imperial examination hall or room

#### Compounds

* 中闈 / 中闱
* 入闈 / 入闱 (rùwéi)
* 出闈 / 出闱
* 北闈 / 北闱
* 南闈 / 南闱
* 國家闈場 / 国家闱场
* 壼闈 / 壸闱
* 天倫庭闈 / 天伦庭闱
* 宮闈 / 宫闱 (gōngwéi)
* 庭闈 / 庭闱
* 彤闈 / 彤闱
* 房闈 / 房闱
* 春闈 / 春闱
* 棘闈 / 棘闱
* 瑣闈 / 琐闱
* 禮闈 / 礼闱
* 秋闈 / 秋闱
* 衡闈 / 衡闱
* 重闈 / 重闱
* 閨闈 / 闺闱
* 閫闈 / 阃闱
* 闈場 / 闱场
* 闈墨 / 闱墨

### References

* “闈”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “闱”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 243.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* gate, door
* living quarters

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): い (i)、き (ki)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ɥi] ~ [y]
* Phonetic hangul: [위]

### Hanja

Wikisource 闈 • (wi) (hangeul 위, revised wi, McCune–Reischauer wi, Yale wi)
* gate
* royal palace
* inner room