阁

See also: 閣 and 閤

阁 U+9601, 阁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9601 ← 阀 [U+9600] CJK Unified Ideographs 阂 → [U+9602]

Translingual

Han character

阁 (Kangxi radical 169, 门+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 中尸竹水口 (LSHER), four-corner 3760₄, composition ⿵门各)

Derived characters

• 搁 (Simplified from 擱)

Related characters

• 閣, 閤 (Traditional forms of 阁)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1343, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4298, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9601

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Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Simplified from 閣 (門 → 门) based on radical simplification.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 阁 – see 閣 (“chamber; pavilion; cabinet; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 閣).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

In the 1956 first round revision table of variant Chinese characters (第一批异体字整理表) by the People's Republic of China, 閤／合 (gé) was listed as a variant form of 閣／阁 (gé). As a variant form, 閤／合 is to be replaced by 閣／阁 (gé) as its orthodox form, which is succeeded by 阁 as the simplified form of 閣／阁 (gé).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 阁 – see 閤 (“side door; throne room; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 閤).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.