閘

See also: 闸

Translingual

Han character

閘 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日弓田中 (ANWL), four-corner 7750₆, composition ⿵門甲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1333, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41263
• Dae Jaweon: page 1839, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4292, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9598

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Chinese

trad.		閘
simp.		闸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笚	*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘	*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	*klaːb, *kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	*kraːb, *qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb) : semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhá (zha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kap
• Northern Min (KCR): că
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cha̍p / cha̍h

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zah⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhá
    • Wade–Giles: cha²
    • Yale: já
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaap⁶
    • Yale: jaahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kap
    • Hakka Romanization System: gab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kap̚²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: că
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zap
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sap̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tsa̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zah
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡saʔ⁴/

Note:

• cha̍p - literary;
• cha̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zah⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saʔ⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 閘
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂa³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂa²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡sɑ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂa⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂa⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂa⁵³/
	Xi'an	/t͡sa⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sa²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂa¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂa¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sa²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sa³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sa²¹/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂa̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂɑʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡saʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sa³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zaʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/zaʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/zɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/za²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰa²²/
	Tunxi	/t͡sɔ⁵/ /sɔ²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sa²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sɒ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡saʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰap̚⁵/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sap̚²/
	Nanning	/t͡sap̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sap̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sap̚⁵/ /t͡saʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡saʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sa²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡saʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ta³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kap, 'aep

Rime
Character	閘	閘
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	盍 (144)	狎 (150)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	II
Fanqie	古盍切	烏甲切
Baxter	kap	'aep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɑp̚/	/ʔˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɑp̚/	/ʔᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɑp̚/	/ʔap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kap̚/	/ʔaɨp̚/
Li Rong	/kɑp̚/	/ʔap̚/
Wang Li	/kɑp̚/	/ap̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kɑp̚/	/ʔap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ge	ya
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gap3	aap3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːb/, /*sɡreːb/, /*qraːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閘	閘	閘
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	5928	5930	5947
Phonetic component	甲	甲	甲
Rime group	盍	盍	盍
Rime subdivision	1	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	䫦	𥯦	鴨
Old Chinese	/*klaːb/	/*sɡreːb/	/*qraːb/
Notes		宋來訓讀爲牐

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 閘

1. sluice
2. switch
3. to dam
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

閘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}; よう (yō)^{←えふ (efu, historical)}
• Kan-on: おう (ō)^{←あふ (afu, historical)}; こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: ひのくち (hinokuchi, 閘)

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Korean

Hanja

閘 • (gap) (hangeul 갑, revised gap, McCune–Reischauer kap, Yale kap)

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