閹

Han character edit

閹 (Kangxi radical 169, 門+8, 16 strokes, cangjie input 日弓大中山 (ANKLU), four-corner 7771₆, composition ⿵門奄)

1. castrate
2. eunuch

Derived characters edit

• 𤑷

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1337, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41372
• Dae Jaweon: page 1842, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4303, character 9
• Unihan data for U+95B9

Glyph origin edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

閹

1. to castrate; to spay
2. castrated person; eunuch

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. eunuch

Readings edit

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• Go-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: えん (en)^{←えん (en, historical)←えむ (emu, ancient)}
• Kun: しもべ (shimobe, 閹); めしつかい (meshitsukai, 閹)^{←めしつかひ (mesitukafi, 閹, historical)}

Compounds edit

• 閹官(えんかん) (enkan)
• 閹人(えんじん) (enjin)

Hanja edit

閹 (eum 엄 (eom))

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Han character edit

閹: Hán Việt readings: yêm^[1]

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