chamber

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
門 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

各 sound component

  Sound component

  

each

Evolution

閣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
閣 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
閣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
閣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chamber, pavilion; cabinet; pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf

Most common words with 閣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

阁下

sire

内阁

(government) cabinet

boudoir

阁楼

garret

组阁

to form a cabinet

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.kˤak

kak

shelf, frame


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.3705% of movies

1630th most common character in movies

1682nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

Unicode

U+95A3

Shuowen

“閣,所以止扉也。从門,各聲。”


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