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 (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: page 1337, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41384
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1843, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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

Pronunciation
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
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
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
  2. (literary) limits; confines

Synonyms
  • (threshold):
Synonyms of 閾

References

Japanese

Kanji
閾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
閾
いき
Hyōgaiji
goon

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

The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

閾 (hiragana いき, rōmaji iki, historical hiragana ゐき)

  1. threshold

Affix

閾 (hiragana いき, rōmaji iki, historical hiragana ゐき)

  1. threshold
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
閾
しきい
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see the following entry at 敷居.
しきい【敷居・閾】
[noun]threshold, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
(This term, 閾, is an alternative kanji spelling of 敷居.)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
閾
しきみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 閾 – see しきみ.
(This term, 閾, is a kanji spelling of しきみ.)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

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

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