閟

閟 U+959F, 閟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-959F ← 閞 [U+959E] CJK Unified Ideographs 閠 → [U+95A0]

Translingual

Han character

閟 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+5, 13 strokes, cangjie input 日弓心竹 (ANPH), four-corner 7733₀, composition ⿵門必)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1333, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41283
• Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4293, character 11
• Unihan data for U+959F

Chinese

trad.		閟
simp.		𮤲

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
泌	*mpriɡs, *priɡ, *bliɡ
秘	*mpriɡs
毖	*priɡs
閟	*priɡs
柲	*priɡs, *bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
鉍	*priɡs, *priɡ
邲	*priɡs, *bliɡ, *briɡ
覕	*pliŋs, *mbliːɡ
咇	*bliːɡ, *priɡ, *bliɡ
苾	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
馝	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
飶	*bliːɡ, *bliɡ
鴓	*mbliːɡ
鮅	*pliɡ, *bliɡ
必	*pliɡ
珌	*pliɡ
佖	*bliɡ, *briɡ
駜	*bliɡ, *briɡ
怭	*bliɡ
妼	*bliɡ
宓	*mriɡ, *mliɡ
樒	*mriɡ
密	*mriɡ
蔤	*mriɡ
滵	*mriɡ
蜜	*mliɡ
謐	*mliɡ
榓	*mliɡ
淧	*mliɡ
瑟	*smriɡ, *smriɡ
璱	*sriɡ
飋	*sriɡ
虙	*blɯɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bì (bi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴
    • Yale: bì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih
    • Palladius: би (bi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³
    • Yale: bei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: pijH

Rime
Character	閟
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	兵媚切
Baxter	pijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiH/
Li Rong	/pjiH/
Wang Li	/piH/
Bernard Karlgren	/piH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pri[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*priɡs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	閟
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bì
Middle Chinese	‹ pijH ›
Old Chinese	/*pri[t]-s/
English	to shut, close
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閟
Reading #	1/1
No.	555
Phonetic component	必
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	祕
Old Chinese	/*priɡs/

Definitions

閟

1. (literary) to shut up; to close; to hide
2. (literary) careful; cautious

Compounds

• 閟宮／𮤲宫

 

Japanese

Kanji

閟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. hide
2. keep secret
3. hideaway

Readings

• On (unclassified): ひ (hi)
• Kun: とじる (tojiru)

Korean

Hanja

閟 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)

1. close the door
2. shut
3. hide