閨怨

Chinese
small arched door; women's apartment; women blame; complain
trad. (閨怨) 閨 怨
simp. (闺怨) 闺 怨

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 閨 怨
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 齊 (40) 元 (66)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) IV III
Fanqie 古攜切 於願切
Baxter kwej 'jwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kwei/ /ʔʉɐnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷei/ /ʔʷiɐnH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuɛi/ /ʔiuɐnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwɛj/ /ʔuanH/
Li
Rong		 /kuei/ /ʔiuɐnH/
Wang
Li		 /kiwei/ /ĭwɐnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kiwei/ /ʔi̯wɐnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guī yuàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gwai1 jyun3

Noun

閨怨

  1. (literary, of a woman) boudoir repining; lonesome and resentful feeling when a husband is not around

Japanese
Kanji in this term
閨 怨
けい
Hyōgaiji		 えん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

閨(けい)怨(えん) • (keien) ←けいゑん (keiwen)?

  1. the lonesome feeling of a woman who is apart from her husband

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
閨怨

Noun

閨怨 • (gyuwon) (hangeul 규원)

  1. the lonesome and resentful feeling when one's husband is not around
    • 15th century, authorship unknown although traditionally attributed to Heo Nanseolheon, found in name of a gasa poem concerning sadness due to separation from one's husband entitled "Gyuwonga" (Hanja: 閨怨歌; Hangŭl: 규원가)[1] often rendered as "Lament of the Inner Chamber" in English.

References
  1. I, Hye-sun (1995) “규원가(閨怨歌)”, in Encyclopedia of Korean Culture (한국민족문화대백과사전)‎
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