闓

See also: 闿

闓 U+95D3, 闓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95D3 ← 闒 [U+95D2] CJK Unified Ideographs 闔 → [U+95D4]

Translingual

Han character

闓 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 日弓山一廿 (ANUMT), four-corner 7710₈, composition ⿵門豈)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1340, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41451
• Dae Jaweon: page 1844, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4313, character 1
• Unihan data for U+95D3

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Chinese

trad.		闓
simp.		闿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 闓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
獃	*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴	*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
愷	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
塏	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
鎧	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
颽	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
暟	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
闓	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
豈	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
隑	*ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
皚	*ŋɯːl
嵦	*ŋɡɯːl
敳	*ŋɯːl
磑	*ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘	*ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
覬	*krɯls
溰	*ŋɯl
顗	*ŋɯlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi (kai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² / hoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎi
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai³
    • Yale: kǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
    • Palladius: кай (kaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hoi² / hoi¹
    • Yale: hói / hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² / hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² / hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵/, /hɔːi̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: khojX, khojH

Rime
Character	闓	闓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	苦亥切	苦蓋切
Baxter	khojX	khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌiX/	/kʰʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəiX/	/kʰəiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒiX/	/kʰɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəjX/	/kʰəjH/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀiX/	/kʰᴀiH/
Wang Li	/kʰɒiX/	/kʰɒiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆iX/	/kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎi	kài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hoi2	hoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/, /*ŋ̊ʰɯːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	闓	闓
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10108	10111
Phonetic component	豈	豈
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	愷	磕
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/	/*ŋ̊ʰɯːls/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 闓

1. (literary) to open
2. (literary) bright; clear
3. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 愷／恺 (kǎi, “peaceful; harmonious”).

References

• “闓”, 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

闓

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. open
2. peaceful

Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku, 闓く)

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Korean

Hanja

闓 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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