閨 meaning and stroke order
Women's quarters; lady's apartment
How to write 閨, stroke by stroke
14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 閨
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- small arched door
- boudoir; lady's chamber
- (fig.) women
How 閨 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Gate.
門 gives the meaning and 圭 hints at the sound.
Radical: 門 (gate), shared by 42 characters on this site.
How to remember 閨
閨 is a gate 門 with 圭 (guī) inside it, and 圭 gives the sound guī. Picture a private door that leads to the inner rooms where the women of the house lived.
Today 闺 mostly appears in set words like 闺女 (guīnü, daughter or unmarried girl), 闺房 (guīfáng, boudoir), and the very common slang 闺蜜 (guīmì, a woman's best female friend). Example: 她是我的闺蜜。(Tā shì wǒ de guīmì.) She is my best friend.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes mix up 閨 with 闰/閏 (rùn, leap, as in leap year), since both are a 門 with something inside. 閨 has 圭 (two 土 stacked) inside, while 閏 has 王.
Common words with 閨
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 閨
How many strokes are in 閨?
閨 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 閨 mean?
閨 (guī) means women's quarters; lady's apartment. A common word with it is 闺女 (guīnü), meaning "maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter".
How do you pronounce 閨?
閨 is pronounced guī, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 閨?
The radical of 閨 is 門, which carries the idea of "gate". Dictionaries list 閨 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 閨?
閨 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 闺, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Can a man call his friend 闺蜜?
Traditionally 闺蜜 means a woman's close female friend. Some people now use it jokingly for a man's close female friend, but for male friends people usually say 哥们儿 (gēmenr) or 好兄弟 (hǎo xiōngdì).
Is 闺女 an old-fashioned word for daughter?
In northern China 闺女 is still a warm, everyday word for daughter, as in 我闺女 (wǒ guīnü, my daughter). The more neutral standard word is 女儿 (nǚ'ér).