闺阃
guī​kǔn

women's quarters

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

阃 kǔn threshold Simplified

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

困
困 Sound component
kùn to trap, surround

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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)

閫 threshold Traditional

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door

gate

困
困 Sound component
kùn to trap, surround

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰuːnʔ
Unicodekuə̌n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang