閨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

guī

small entrance

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

門 Meaning component

mén

door

圭 Sound component

guī

jade pointed at top

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

guī

small entrance; women's quarters; small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; by ext. women

Most common words with 閨

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6659% of movies

3145th most common character in movies

3347th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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