閥

See also: 阀

閥 U+95A5, 閥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A5 ← 閤 [U+95A4] CJK Unified Ideographs 閦 → [U+95A6]

Translingual

Han character

閥 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓人戈 (ANOI), four-corner 7725₃, composition ⿵門伐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1334, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41308
• Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4297, character 1
• Unihan data for U+95A5

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Chinese

trad.		閥
simp.		阀
2nd round simp.		伐

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
茷	*paːds, *bads, *bad
筏	*paːd, *bad
伐	*bad
閥	*bad
垡	*bad
栰	*bad

Etymology

Meaning "valve" is borrowed from English valve.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fá (fa²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fá
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fá
    • Wade–Giles: fa²
    • Yale: fá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: far
    • Palladius: фа (fa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fat⁶
    • Yale: faht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: bjot

Rime
Character	閥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房越切
Baxter	bjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buat̚/
Li Rong	/biuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	閥
Reading #	1/1
No.	2861
Phonetic component	伐
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	伐
Old Chinese	/*bad/
Notes	古作伐

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 閥

1. contribution
2. family status
3. powerful and influential group
4. valve

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Japanese

Kanji

閥

(Jōyō kanji)

1. powerful and influential group; a clique

Readings

• Go-on: ぼち (bochi)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
• Kan’yō-on: ばつ (batsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: いえがら (iegara, 閥)、いさお (isao, 閥)

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Korean

Hanja

閥 • (beol) (hangeul 벌, revised beol, McCune–Reischauer pŏl, Yale pel)

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Vietnamese

Han character

閥: Hán Nôm readings: phiệt

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