闍

See also: 阇

Translingual

Han character

闍 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 日弓十大日 (ANJKA), four-corner 7760₄, composition ⿵門者)

1. tower over city gate

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

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Chinese

trad.		闍
simp.		阇

Glyph origin

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

	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 (du¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: du
    • Wade–Giles: tu¹
    • Yale: dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du
    • Palladius: ду (du)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dou¹
    • Yale: dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵/

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• 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/
Bernard Karlgren	/tuo/	/ʑi̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dū	ché
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou1	se4

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 闍

1. platform over city gate

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shé (she²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ / ze¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shé
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shé
    • Wade–Giles: shê²
    • Yale: shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sher
    • Palladius: шэ (šɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: se⁴ / ze¹
    • Yale: sèh / jē
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ / dze¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ / zé¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹/, /t͡sɛː⁵⁵/

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• 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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ché
Expected Cantonese Reflex	se4

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 闍

1. Used in transcription, especially from Sanskrit.

References

• “闍”, 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

闍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. watchtower
2. 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)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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