阧

阧 U+9627, 阧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9627 ← 阦 [U+9626] CJK Unified Ideographs 阨 → [U+9628]

Translingual

Han character

阧 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 弓中卜十 (NLYJ), composition ⿰阝斗)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1346, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41558
• Dae Jaweon: page 1848, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4118, character 3
• Unihan data for U+9627

Chinese

simp. and trad.		阧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǒu (dou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǒu
    • Wade–Giles: tou³
    • Yale: dǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doou
    • Palladius: доу (dou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /toʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwX

Rime
Character	阧
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	當口切
Baxter	tuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/təuX/
Pan Wuyun	/təuX/
Shao Rongfen	/təuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwX/
Li Rong	/tuX/
Wang Li	/təuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dau2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	阧
Reading #	1/1
No.	2455
Phonetic component	斗
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	斗
Old Chinese	/*toːʔ/
Notes	陡同阧

Definitions

阧

1. (historical dictionaries only) alternative form of 陡 (dǒu, “steep; sloping”)
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) sluice; water gate