闺房
guī​fáng

boudoir

闺 guī small entrance Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閨.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

房 fáng house

Phonosemantic compound. 户 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjang[Cə-N-]paŋ side-room

說文解字

《說文》：“房，室在旁也。从戶，方聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

閨 guī small entrance Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷeː
Unicodeguei

說文解字

特立之戶，上圜下方，有似圭。从門圭聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)