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閣

See also: 阁 and 閤
閣 U+95A3, 閣
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95A3
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[U+95A4]

Translingual

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Han character

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閣 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹水口 (ANHER), four-corner 77604, composition ⿵門各)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1334, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41300
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4298, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+95A3

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 閣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (各) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
髂 *kʰraːɡs
路 *ɡ·raːɡs
輅 *ɡ·raːɡs
賂 *ɡ·raːɡs
虂 *ɡ·raːɡs
露 *ɡ·raːɡs
潞 *raːɡs
鷺 *raːɡs
璐 *raːɡs
簬 *raːɡs
簵 *ɡ·raːɡs
洛 *ɡ·raːɡ
駱 *ɡ·raːɡ
絡 *ɡ·raːɡ
酪 *ɡ·raːɡ
烙 *ɡ·raːɡ
雒 *ɡ·raːɡ
珞 *ɡ·raːɡ
硌 *ɡ·raːɡ
袼 *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ
笿 *ɡ·raːɡ
鉻 *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
鮥 *ɡ·raːɡ
鵅 *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
挌 *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
落 *ɡ·raːɡ
各 *klaːɡ
胳 *klaːɡ
閣 *klaːɡ
格 *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ
擱 *klaːɡ
恪 *kʰlaːɡ
愙 *kʰaːɡ
貉 *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ
狢 *ɡlaːɡ
佫 *ɡlaːɡ
略 *ɡ·raɡ
茖 *kraːɡ
骼 *kraːɡ
觡 *kraːɡ
蛒 *kraːɡ
敋 *kraːɡ
客 *kʰraːɡ
喀 *kʰraːɡ
揢 *kʰraːɡ
額 *ŋɡraːɡ
峉 *ŋɡraːɡ
頟 *ŋɡraːɡ
詻 *ŋɡraːɡ
垎 *ɡraːɡ
楁 *ɡraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *klaːɡ) : semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ).

Etymology 1

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trad. 閣
simp. 阁*

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • koh - vernacular;
  • kok - literary.
Rime
Character 閣
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 鐸 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古落切
Baxter kak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kak̚/
Li
Rong 		/kɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/kɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ge
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gok3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 閣
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gé
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kak ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.kˁak/
English shelf, frame

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 閣
Reading # 1/1
No. 3883
Phonetic
component 		各
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		各
Old
Chinese 		/*klaːɡ/

Definitions

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閣

  1. chamber; pavilion
  2. cabinet
  3. (Hong Kong, only used in names) apartment building

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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trad. 閣
simp. 阁*
alternative forms
擱／搁
佫
故
復／复
過／过
擱／搁
佫
故
復／复
過／过
更
果
固
各
卻／却
革
 
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “some insight and from 故?”

Pronunciation

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Note: toneless as a final particle.

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閣

  1. (Hokkien) again
    請閣講一擺 [Hokkien, trad.]
    请阁讲一摆 [Hokkien, simp.]
    Chhiáⁿ koh kóng chi̍t pái [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Please say it again once more.
  2. (Hokkien) still; yet
  3. (Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) also; as well; furthermore; in addition; moreover
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien) on the contrary; to the contrary; instead; rather; as a matter of fact
  5. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) Emphatic final particle used to make requests
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 又 (“again; once more”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 又
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 又
Taiwan 又
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 又
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 又
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 又
Wuhan 又
Guilin 又
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 又
Hefei 又
Cantonese Guangzhou 又, 又試
Hong Kong 又, 又試
Yangjiang 又
Gan Nanchang 又
Hakka Meixian 又
Jin Taiyuan 又
Northern Min Jian'ou 又, 已
Eastern Min Fuzhou 復
Southern Min Xiamen 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Quanzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Zhangzhou 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣
Taipei 閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT
Singapore (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再, 又閣
Manila (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再
Chaozhou 又, 又再
Shantou 又
Wu Shanghai 再, 又
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 亦
Xiang Changsha 又
Shuangfeng 又
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
Dialectal synonyms of 再 (“again”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 再
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 再
Taiwan 再
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 再
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 再
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 又, 再
Wuhan 再
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 再
Hefei 再
Cantonese Guangzhou 再, 添 >
Hong Kong 再, 添 >
Yangjiang 應
Gan Nanchang 再, 湊 >
Hakka Meixian 再, 添 >
Jin Taiyuan 再
Northern Min Jian'ou 再, 唵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 再, 蓋, 介
Fuqing 介
Southern Min Xiamen 閣, 閣再
Quanzhou 閣, 閣再
Zhangzhou 閣, 閣再
Tainan 閣, 閣再
Singapore (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再
Manila (Hokkien) 閣, 閣再, 過再, 閣過再
Chaozhou 再
Wu Shanghai 又, 再
Suzhou 再
Wenzhou 再, 添 >
Xiang Changsha 再
Shuangfeng 再, 還
Note > - used after the object
Dialectal synonyms of 還 (“still; yet”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 猶, 尚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 還, 仍, 尚
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 還
Taiwan 還
Malaysia 還
Singapore 還
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 還
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 還
Xi'an 還
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 還
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 還
Wuhan 還
Guilin 還
Liuzhou 還
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 還
Yangzhou 還
Nantong 還
Hefei 還
Cantonese Guangzhou 重
Hong Kong 重
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 重
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 重
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 重
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 還
Macau 重
Guangzhou (Panyu) 重
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 重
Guangzhou (Conghua) 重
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 重
Foshan 重
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 重
Foshan (Shunde) 重
Foshan (Sanshui) 重
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 重
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 還
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 重
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 重
Zhuhai (Doumen) 還
Jiangmen (Baisha) 還
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 還
Taishan 還
Kaiping (Chikan) 還
Enping (Niujiang) 還
Heshan (Yayao) 重
Dongguan 重
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 重
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 重, 還
Qingyuan 重
Fogang 重
Yingde (Hanguang) 閒
Yangshan 重
Lianshan (Butian) 成
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 重
Shaoguan 重
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 重
Renhua 重
Lechang 重
Sihui 重
Deqing 淨, 重
Huaiji 重
Yunfu 鄭
Xinxing 重
Luoding 重
Yunan (Pingtai) 鄭
Yangjiang 還
Xinyi 重
Nanning 重
Wuzhou 重
Yulin 重
Hepu (Lianzhou) 重
Mengshan (Xihe) 重
Beiliu (Tangliao) 重
Bobai 重
Qinzhou 重
Beihai 重
Ningming 重
Hengzhou 淨
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 重
Singapore (Guangfu) 重
Gan Nanchang 還
Pingxiang 還
Hakka Meixian 還
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 重
Dongguan (Qingxi) 還
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 還
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 還
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 還
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 還
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 猶
Hong Kong 還
Luchuan (Daqiao) 還
Kuching (Hepo) 還
Huizhou Jixi 還
Jin Taiyuan 還
Northern Min Jian'ou 固, 唵
Eastern Min Fuzhou 固
Matsu 固
Southern Min Xiamen 猶, 猶閣
Quanzhou 猶, 猶閣
Zhangzhou 猶, 猶閣
Zhao'an 還
Tainan 猶, 猶閣
Penang (Hokkien) 閣
Singapore (Hokkien) 猶, 猶閣, 閣
Manila (Hokkien) 猶, 猶閣
Chaozhou 還
Shantou 還
Jieyang 還
Haifeng 還
Singapore (Teochew) 還
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 仲
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 重
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 還
Wu Shanghai 還
Suzhou 還
Danyang 還
Wenzhou 還
Jinhua 還
Xiang Changsha 還
Loudi 還
Shuangfeng 還
Quanzhou 還
Dialectal synonyms of 也 (“also, too”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 亦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 也
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 也
Taiwan 也
Malaysia 也
Singapore 也
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 也
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 也
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 也
Wuhan 也
Guilin 也
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 也
Hefei 也
Cantonese Guangzhou 都, 亦
Hong Kong 都, 亦, 亦都
Macau 都, 亦 formal
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 都, 也
Taishan 亦
Kaiping (Chikan) 亦, 都, 亦都
Yangjiang 也
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 都
Singapore (Guangfu) 都, 亦都
Gan Nanchang 也
Hakka Meixian 也
Wuhua (Meilin) 也
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 乜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 乜, 也
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 乜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 乜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 乜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 嘛
Kuching (Hepo) 呠
Huizhou Jixi 也
Jin Taiyuan 也
Northern Min Jian'ou 也
Eastern Min Fuzhou 也
Southern Min Xiamen 也, 嘛
Quanzhou 也, 嘛
Zhangzhou 也, 嘛
Taipei 也, 嘛
Penang (Hokkien) 呠
Singapore (Hokkien) 也, 呠, 嘛
Manila (Hokkien) 也, 嘛, 閣
Chaozhou 也
Shantou 也
Jieyang 也
Singapore (Teochew) 呠, 也, 嘛
Pontianak (Teochew) 也
Wenchang 也
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 都
Wu Shanghai 也
Suzhou 亦
Wenzhou 也
Xiang Changsha 也
Shuangfeng 也
Dialectal synonyms of 吧 (“(sentence-final particle used with a command or suggestion)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吧
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 吧
Singapore 啦, 吧
Cantonese Guangzhou 啦
Hong Kong 啦
Singapore (Guangfu) 啦
Southern Min Xiamen 閣
Quanzhou 唷
Zhangzhou 閣
Singapore (Hokkien) 啦

Compounds

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji

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閣

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. tower
  2. tall building
  3. palace

Readings

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  • Go-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
  • Kun: かんぬき (kannuki)、たな (tana, 閣)、たかどの (takadono, 閣)

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 閣 (MC kak). Recorded as Middle Korean 각 (kak) (Yale: kak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

閣 (eumhun 집 각 (jip gak))

  1. hanja form? of 각 (“chamber; pavilion”)
  2. hanja form? of 각 (“cabinet”)

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Han character

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閣: Hán Nôm readings: các, gác

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