Hanja Analyzer
閨

閨 — gyu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
안방 규
Romanization
gyu
English
small entrance; women's quarters
Mandarin
guī
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
ねや
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
門 (169, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
圭
Unicode
U+95A8

Parts that make up 閨

  • 門 문 문 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일
  • 圭 서옥(瑞玉)/쌍토 규sound 위아래로 겹친 옥 홀 둘주로 소리를 나타낸다

How 閨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 閨 as a ideographic compound involving 門, 圭.

Korean example words with 閨

  • 규방閨房 Korean gloss: 부부의 침실
  • 규행閨行 Korean gloss: 부녀자의 행실
  • 규문閨門 Korean gloss: 부녀자가 거처하는 곳
  • 규중閨中 Korean gloss: 부녀자가 거처하는 곳
  • 규수閨秀 Korean gloss: 남의 집 처녀를 정중하게 이르는 말
  • 규오閨奧 Korean gloss: 여자들이 거처하는 깊은 곳을 이르는 말
  • 공규空閨 Korean gloss: 오랫동안 남편이 없이 아내 혼자서 사는 방
  • 심규深閨 Korean gloss: 여자가 거처하는, 깊이 들어앉은 집이나 방
  • 규두閨竇 Korean gloss: 부인의 침실.
  • 금규金閨 Korean gloss: 귀족의 집안.
  • 난규蘭閨 Korean gloss: 후비(后妃)의 침실.
  • 상규孀閨 Korean gloss: 과부가 거처하는 방.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 閨

  • 閨ねや bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room
  • 令閨れいけい your wife; his wife; Mrs.
  • 閨秀けいしゅう accomplished lady; talented woman; eminent woman
  • 閨閥けいばつ clan
  • 空閨くうけい lonely, spouseless bedroom; bedroom of a neglected spouse
  • 閨房けいぼう marital bedroom; conjugal bedroom
  • 閨事ねやごと sexual intercourse; lovemaking
  • 閨閤けいこう sleeping quarters; bedroom; woman's living room
  • 閨門けいもん entrance to a bedroom; bedroom; home
  • 閨中けいちゅう inside the bedroom
  • 孤閨こけい solitary bed (of a married woman); sleeping alone (with one's husband away)
  • 閨秀画家けいしゅうがか talented woman painter; accomplished woman painter

Characters sharing the phonetic 圭

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “규”

Other hanja with radical 門

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