閾

See also: 阈
閾 U+95BE, 閾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-95BE
← 閽
[U+95BD]
CJK Unified Ideographs 閿 →
[U+95BF]

Translingual

Han character

閾 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓戈口一 (ANIRM), four-corner 77153, composition ⿵門或)

  1. threshold
  2. separated, confined

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41384
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+95BE

Chinese

trad. 閾
simp. 阈

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 閾
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 職 (135)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 況逼切
Baxter xwik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hwɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiuek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwik̚/
Li
Rong
/xiuək̚/
Wang
Li
/xĭwək̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯wək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hik1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 閾
Reading # 1/1
No. 5551
Phonetic
component
或
Rime
group
職
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
洫
Old
Chinese
/*qʰʷrɯɡ/

Definitions

閾

  1. (literary) threshold; doorsill; doorstep; doorway
  2. (literary) limits; confines; boundary

Synonyms

  • (threshold):

References

Japanese

Kanji

閾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. threshold

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
閾
いき
Hyōgaiji
goon

From Middle Chinese 閾 (MC xwik). Compare modern Cantonese 閾/阈 (wik6, /wɪk̚²/).

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

閾(いき) • (iki) ←ゐき (wiki)?

  1. threshold

Affix

閾(いき) • (iki) ←ゐき (wiki)?

  1. threshold
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
閾
しきい
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry.
【敷居しきい】
[noun] threshold, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
(This term, 閾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
閾
しきみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry: しきみ

(The following entry is uncreated: しきみ.)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

閾 • (yeok) (hangeul 역, revised yeok, McCune–Reischauer yŏk, Yale yek)

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