閣
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Translingual
Han character
閣 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 日弓竹水口 (ANHER), four-corner 77604, composition ⿵門各)
Derived characters
Related characters
- 阁 (Simplified Chinese)
- 閤 (Variant traditional form of 阁 in mainland China)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1334, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41300
- Dae Jaweon: page 1840, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4298, character 2
- Unihan data for U+95A3
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 閣 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
| 路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 潞 | *raːɡs |
| 鷺 | *raːɡs |
| 璐 | *raːɡs |
| 簬 | *raːɡs |
| 簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
| 洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
| 笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
| 各 | *klaːɡ |
| 胳 | *klaːɡ |
| 閣 | *klaːɡ |
| 格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
| 擱 | *klaːɡ |
| 恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
| 愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
| 貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
| 狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
| 略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
| 茖 | *kraːɡ |
| 骼 | *kraːɡ |
| 觡 | *kraːɡ |
| 蛒 | *kraːɡ |
| 敋 | *kraːɡ |
| 客 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
| 額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
| 垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
| 楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *klaːɡ): semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gok3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok
- Eastern Min (BUC): gó̤h
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 7koq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gé
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gé
- Wade–Giles: ko2
- Yale: gé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ger
- Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gok3
- Yale: gok
- Cantonese Pinyin: gok8
- Guangdong Romanization: gog3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok
- Hakka Romanization System: gogˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: gog5
- Sinological IPA: /kok̚²/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gó̤h
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɔʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- koh - vernacular;
- kok - literary.
- Middle Chinese: kak
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.kˤak/
- (Zhengzhang): /*klaːɡ/
Definitions
閣
- chamber; pavilion
- cabinet
- (Hong Kong, only used in names) apartment building
Compounds
- 亭臺樓閣 / 亭台楼阁 (tíngtáilóugé)
- 仙山瓊閣 / 仙山琼阁 (xiānshānqiónggé)
- 令閣 / 令阁
- 倒閣 / 倒阁 (dǎogé)
- 入閣 / 入阁 (rùgé)
- 內閣 / 内阁 (nèigé)
- 內閣制 / 内阁制
- 內閣總理 / 内阁总理
- 凌煙閣 / 凌烟阁
- 出閣 / 出阁 (chūgé)
- 出閣之喜 / 出阁之喜
- 劍閣 / 剑阁 (Jiàngé)
- 大家閨閣 / 大家闺阁
- 天一閣 / 天一阁 (Tiānyīgé)
- 天祿閣 / 天禄阁
- 太魯閣 / 太鲁阁 (Tàilǔgé)
- 延閣 / 延阁
- 影子內閣 / 影子内阁 (yǐngzi nèigé)
- 投閣 / 投阁
- 抬閣 / 抬阁
- 揚雄投閣 / 扬雄投阁
- 擔閣 / 担阁
- 文宗閣 / 文宗阁
- 文津閣 / 文津阁
- 文淵閣 / 文渊阁
- 文源閣 / 文源阁
- 文滙閣 / 文滙阁
- 文溯閣 / 文溯阁
- 文瀾閣 / 文澜阁
- 暖閣 / 暖阁
- 朱閣 / 朱阁
- 朱閣青樓 / 朱阁青楼
- 束之高閣 / 束之高阁 (shùzhīgāogé)
- 東閣 / 东阁
- 架閣 / 架阁
- 梵閣 / 梵阁
- 椒閣 / 椒阁
- 樓臺亭閣 / 楼台亭阁
- 樓閣 / 楼阁 (lóugé)
- 樓閣亭臺 / 楼阁亭台
- 殿閣 / 殿阁
- 汲古閣 / 汲古阁
- 淳化閣帖 / 淳化阁帖
- 淳熙閣帖 / 淳熙阁帖
- 滕王閣 / 滕王阁 (Téngwánggé)
- 滕王閣序 / 滕王阁序
- 玉樓金閣 / 玉楼金阁
- 瓊瑤樓閣 / 琼瑶楼阁
- 瓊臺玉閣 / 琼台玉阁
- 瓊閨繡閣 / 琼闺绣阁
- 畫閣 / 画阁 (huàgé)
- 畫閣朱樓 / 画阁朱楼
- 直閣 / 直阁
- 看守內閣 / 看守内阁
- 空中樓閣 / 空中楼阁 (kōngzhōnglóugé)
- 組閣 / 组阁 (zǔgé)
- 繡閣 / 绣阁
- 繡閣長春 / 绣阁长春
- 置之高閣 / 置之高阁
- 耽閣 / 耽阁
- 聯合內閣 / 联合内阁
- 聯立內閣 / 联立内阁
- 臺閣 / 台阁
- 臺閣生風 / 台阁生风
- 藝閣 / 艺阁
- 複閣 / 复阁
- 責任內閣 / 责任内阁
- 超然內閣 / 超然内阁
- 過渡內閣 / 过渡内阁
- 鈴閣 / 铃阁
- 閉閣思過 / 闭阁思过
- 閣下 / 阁下 (géxià)
- 閣不住 / 阁不住
- 閣主 / 阁主
- 閣兒 / 阁儿
- 閣員 / 阁员 (géyuán)
- 閣子 / 阁子 (gézi)
- 閣揆 / 阁揆 (gékuí)
- 閣楞 / 阁楞
- 閣樓 / 阁楼 (gélóu)
- 閣正 / 阁正
- 閣氣 / 阁气
- 閣淚 / 阁泪
- 閣老 / 阁老
- 閣落 / 阁落
- 閣議 / 阁议
- 閣道 / 阁道
- 閣鈔 / 阁钞
- 閨閣 / 闺阁 (guīgé)
- 閣閣 / 阁阁
- 閨閣之臣 / 闺阁之臣
- 阿閣 / 阿阁
- 飛閣 / 飞阁
- 館閣 / 馆阁
- 館閣氣 / 馆阁气
- 館閣體 / 馆阁体
- 香閨繡閣 / 香闺绣阁
- 高閣 / 高阁
- 鳳閣 / 凤阁
- 鳳閣龍樓 / 凤阁龙楼
- 麒麟閣 / 麒麟阁
- 麟閣 / 麟阁 (língé)
- 黃閣 / 黄阁
- 黃閣紫樞 / 黄阁紫枢
Etymology 2
Pronunciation 1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koh / kó
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh
- Tâi-lô: koh
- Phofsit Daibuun: koiq
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /koʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /koʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó
- Tâi-lô: kó
- Phofsit Daibuun: koir
- IPA (Philippines): /ko⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore, Philippines)
Adverb
閣
- (Hokkien) again
- (Hokkien) still; yet
- (Taiwanese and Philippine Hokkien) also; as well; furthermore; in addition; moreover
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) on the contrary; to the contrary; instead; rather; as a matter of fact
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 又 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 又 |
| Taiwan | 又 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 又 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 又 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 又 |
| Wuhan | 又 | |
| Guilin | 又 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 又 |
| Hefei | 又 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 又, 又試 |
| Hong Kong | 又, 又試 | |
| Yangjiang | 又 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 又 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 又 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 又 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 又, 已 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 復 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣 |
| Quanzhou | 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣 | |
| Zhangzhou | 閣, 閣再, 又閣再, 又閣 | |
| Taipei | 閣 GT, 閣再 GT, 又閣 GT | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再, 又閣 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再 | |
| Chaozhou | 又, 又再 | |
| Shantou | 又 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 再, 又 |
| Suzhou | 亦 | |
| Wenzhou | 亦 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 又 |
| Shuangfeng | 又 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 再 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 再 |
| Taiwan | 再 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 再 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 再 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 又, 再 |
| Wuhan | 再 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 再 |
| Hefei | 再 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 再, 添 > |
| Hong Kong | 再, 添 > | |
| Yangjiang | 應 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 再, 湊 > |
| Hakka | Meixian | 再, 添 > |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 再 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 再, 唵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 再, 蓋, 介 |
| Fuqing | 介 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 閣, 閣再 |
| Quanzhou | 閣, 閣再 | |
| Zhangzhou | 閣, 閣再 | |
| Tainan | 閣, 閣再 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 閣, 閣再, 過再, 閣過再 | |
| Chaozhou | 再 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 又, 再 |
| Suzhou | 再 | |
| Wenzhou | 再, 添 > | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 再 |
| Shuangfeng | 再, 還 | |
| Note | > - used after the object | |
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): --koh / --kó
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --koh
- Tâi-lô: --koh
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --kó
- Tâi-lô: --kó
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Philippines)
Particle
閣
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Philippine Hokkien) Emphatic final particle used to make requests
Synonyms
Further reading
- “閣”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- “閣”, 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
閣
Readings
Etymology
| For pronunciation and definitions of 閣 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 閣, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.) |
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 閣 (MC kak). Recorded as Middle Korean 각 (kak) (Yale: kak) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource 閣 (eumhun 집 각 (jip gak))
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
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