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閤

简合 · 𬮤 · 繁閤

Mandarin · pinyin hé#

variant of 合 hé

Mandarin · pinyin gé#

side door
variant of 閣 gé
pavilion
cabinet
boudoir

Mandarin · pinyin hé#

variant of 闔 hé

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閤: Look up this written character
合: hé · combine, unite, join; gather

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2 · he2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gap3 · gok3 · hap6

Cantonese word readings for 閤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) side door
throne room
(alt. form 閣) chamber; pavilion
(alt. form 閣) female quarters
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(alt. form 合, 闔) to close; to shut
(alt. form 闔) all of; whole of; entire

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