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Kanji Detail for 闈 - "small gate, consort's quarters, examination hall"
闈
- Meaning
闈 means "small gate, consort's quarters, examination hall."
Small gate - A minor entrance; a palace side gate.
Consort's quarters - The room where the empress resides.
Examination hall - A venue for official civil service examinations.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
gate; door; living quarters
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
gate, door; living quarters
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
door to women's room; gate to palace
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
gate, door; living quarters
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A gate within the palace. | Formerly, the examination hall was called 闈. As in the metropolitan examination was called 春闈 (spring examination). The provincial examination was called 秋闈 (autumn examination).
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