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

Characters in the same phonetic series (或) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
幗	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
慖	*kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ
簂	*kʷɯːɡs
蔮	*kʷɯːɡs
國	*kʷɯːɡ
或	*ɡʷɯːɡ
惑	*ɡʷɯːɡ
蜮	*ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ
閾	*qʰʷrɯɡ
緎	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
淢	*qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ
域	*ɢʷrɯɡ
罭	*ɢʷrɯɡ
棫	*ɡʷrɯɡ
琙	*ɡʷrɯɡ
魊	*ɡʷrɯɡ
馘	*kʷrɯːɡ
聝	*kʷrɯːɡ
膕	*kʷrɯːɡ
摑	*kʷrɯːɡ
漍	*kʷrɯːɡ
嘓	*kʷrɯːɡ
蟈	*kʷrɯːɡ
掝	*qʰʷrɯːɡ
彧	*qʷrɯɡ
稶	*qʷɯɡ

Etymology

Related to 國 (OC *kʷɯːɡ, “country, nation”); see there for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yù (yu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wik⁶ / kwik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yù
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yù
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴
    • Yale: yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
    • Palladius: юй (juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wik⁶ / kwik¹
    • Yale: wihk / kwīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wik⁹ / kwik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: wig⁶ / kuig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪk̚²/, /kʷʰɪk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xwik

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯɡ/

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):

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• 戶填／户填 (Hokkien)
• 戶限／户限 (hùxiàn) (literary)
• 戺 (shì) (Classical Chinese)
• 柣 (zhì) (Classical Chinese)
• 梱 (kǔn) (Classical Chinese)
• 榍 (xiè) (Classical Chinese)
• 檻／槛 (kǎn)
• 轔／辚 (lín) (Classical Chinese)
• 門地伏／门地伏 (mon³ i⁵ fuuk⁴) (Taishanese)
• 門墊／门垫 (muòng-dâing) (Eastern Min)
• 門岸／门岸 (mn̂g-hōaⁿ) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 門檻／门槛 (ménkǎn)
• 門限／门限 (ménxiàn)
• 門階／门阶 (ménjiē)
• 閫／阃 (kǔn) (literary)
• 限 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 面填 (bīn-tǔiⁿ) (Quanzhou Hokkien)

 

References

• “閾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

閾

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. threshold

Readings

• Go-on: いき (iki)^{←ゐき (wiki, historical)}
• Kan-on: よく (yoku)
• On: きょく (kyoku)^{←きよく (kyoku, historical)}
• Kun: しきい (shikii, 閾)^{←しきゐ (sikiwi, 閾, historical)}

Compounds

• 男(おとこ)は閾(しきい)を跨(また)げば七(しち)人(にん)の敵(てき)あり (otoko wa shikī o matageba shichinin no teki ari)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
閾
いき Hyōgai
goon

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

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いき [íꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ikʲi]

Noun

閾(いき) • (iki) ^{←ゐき (wiki)?}

1. threshold

Affix

閾(いき) • (iki) ^{←ゐき (wiki)?}

1. threshold

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 閾(いき)下(か) (ikika): subliminal
• 閾(いき)値(ち) (ikichi), 閾(しき)値(いち) (shikīchi)
• 識(しき)閾(いき) (shikīki)
• 刺(し)激(げき)閾(いき) (shigekīki)
• 弁(べん)別(べつ)閾(いき) (benbetsuiki)
• 門(もん)閾(いき) (mon'iki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
閾
しきい Hyōgai
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 Hyōgai
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry: しきみ

(The following entry is uncreated: しきみ.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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