閹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 門
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 阉
Variants: 剦

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yān
Cantonese: jim1
JapaneseKun: SHIMOBE MESHITSUKAI KOBIHETSURA
JapaneseOn: EN
Korean: EM

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: castrate; eunuch

CE-Dict: to castrate/a castrate/neuter

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to castrate; to spay
2.a eunuch

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: 【醫】 castrate; castration; emasculation; eviration; unsex

湘雅醫學專業詞典: alter;emasculation;unsex

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《門部》閹豎也。宮中奄閽閉門者。从門奄聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【門字部】閹
【唐韻】英廉切【集韻】【韻會】衣廉切【正韻】衣炎切，𠀤音淹。【說文】豎也。宮中閹閽閉門者。从門，奄，意兼聲。【廣韻】男無勢，精閉者。【前漢·敘傳】閹尹之呰。【註】謂宮人爲閹者，謂其精氣奄閉不洩也。一曰主奄閉門者。　又【爾雅·釋天】太歲在戌曰閹茂。【釋文】閹，音淹。【史記·歷書】游兆，閹茂二年。【註】閹茂，一作淹戊。【管子·幼官篇】春行冬政，肅。行秋政，雷。行夏政，閹。【註】陽氣獨盛。　又【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】衣檢切【正韻】於檢切，𠀤音渰。義同。　【集韻】通作奄。
考證：〔【爾雅·釋天】太歲在戊曰閹茂。〕　謹照原文在戊改在戌。

CF-Dict: eunuque

Han-De-Dict: entmannen, kastrieren (u.E.) (V, Med)/Eunuch (u.E.) (S, Gesch)