扃

扃 U+6243, 扃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6243 ← 扂 [U+6242] CJK Unified Ideographs 扄 → [U+6244]

Translingual

Han character

扃 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸月口 (HSBR) or 戈尸月口 (ISBR), four-corner 3722₇, composition ⿸戶冋 or ⿸户冋)

1. a door bar placed outside a door

Derived characters

• 𡹫, 𣕄, 𭵚, 𧍮, 𨩮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 416, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11728
• Dae Jaweon: page 761, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2262, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6243

Chinese

trad.		扃
simp. #		扃
alternative forms		𢇺 𨴀 扄 銄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 扃
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
苘	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
詗	*qʰʷeŋs, *qʰʷeːŋʔ
駉	*kʷeːŋ
坰	*kʷeːŋ
冋	*kʷeːŋ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
絅	*kʷeːŋ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
扃	*kʷeːŋ
炯	*kʷeːŋʔ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
迥	*ɡʷeːŋʔ
泂	*ɡʷeːŋʔ

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	扃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	青 (126)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古螢切
Baxter	kweng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kweŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷeŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/kueŋ/
Wang Li	/kiweŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiweŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwing1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	扃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiōng
Middle Chinese	‹ kweng ›
Old Chinese	/*kʷˁeŋ/
English	door bolt
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	扃
Reading #	1/1
No.	6900
Phonetic component	冋
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	扃
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiōng, jiǒng (jiong¹, jiong³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥ, ㄐㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing¹ / gwing²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyong
    • Wade–Giles: chiung¹
    • Yale: jyūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiong
    • Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: chiung³
    • Yale: jyǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeong
    • Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwing¹ / gwing²
    • Yale: gwīng / gwíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwing¹ / gwing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: guing¹ / guing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪŋ⁵⁵/, /kʷɪŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kweng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kʷˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːŋ/

Definitions

扃

1. doorlatch
2. clasp; latch; bolt; fastener (on some item)
3. doorleaf
4. to close; to shut; to bolt (a door)
5. (Chinese mythology) Jiong of Xia (twelfth king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty)

Compounds

• 基扃
• 扃戶／扃户
• 扃扃
• 扃絹／扃绢
• 扃鍵／扃键
• 扃鐍／扃𫔎
• 扃門／扃门
• 扃關／扃关
• 泉扃
• 門不夜扃／门不夜扃

 

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

扃

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. door bar placed outside a door

Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)、きょう (kyō)、へん (hen)
• Kun: かんぬき (kannuki)、とびら (tobira)

Korean

Hanja

扃 (eum 경 (gyeong))

1. bolt for fastening a door from outside

Vietnamese

Han character

扃: Hán Nôm readings: quynh

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References

• Nom Foundation