閞

閞 U+959E, 閞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-959E ← 閝 [U+959D] CJK Unified Ideographs 閟 → [U+959F]

Translingual

Han character

閞 (radical 169, 門+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日弓戈廿 (ANIT), four-corner 7744₂, composition ⿵門弁)

References

• KangXi: page 1333, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41282
• Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4294, character 1
• Unihan data for U+959E

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Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		閞
simp.		𫔰
alternative forms		㭓

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鴘	*pronʔ, *pʰronʔ
弁	*brons
拚	*pʰaːn, *brons, *pʰaːn, *puns
閞	*brons, *bons
昪	*brons
匥	*brons
笲	*brons, *bon, *bonʔ
軬	*bonʔ
畚	*puːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *brons, *bons): semantic 門 + phonetic 弁 (OC *brons).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biàn (bian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin⁶, faan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: biàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˋ
    • Wade–Giles: pien4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biàn
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin⁶, faan⁶
    • Yale: bihn, faahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin⁶, faan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin⁶, fan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn²²/, /fäːn²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /bʉɐn^H/, /bˠiᴇn^H/

Rime
Character	閞	閞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	符万切	皮變切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐnH/	/bˠiᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐnH/	/bᵚiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐnH/	/biænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buanH/	/bianH/
Li Rong	/biuɐnH/	/bjɛnH/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐnH/	/bĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐnH/	/bʱi̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fàn	biàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan6	bin6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*brons/, /*bons/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閞	閞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	759	767
Phonetic component	弁	弁
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	卞	飯
Old Chinese	/*brons/	/*bons/

Definitions

閞

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 閞 – see 關 (“to close; to shut; to lock up; to detain; etc.”). (This character, 閞, is a variant form of 關.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B05490
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04398-009
• “閞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

閞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へん (hen), べん (ben), はん (han), ぼん (bon)
• Kun: はしらのますがた (hashiranomasugata)