闺

閨
guī
#3,341 most
frequent character
small arched door, boudoir

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

闺 joins 门, a door or gate, with 圭 guī, which is both a jade-tablet picture and a sound part. It first meant a free-standing gate, round at top and square below. That grew to a small arched door, then to a women's room or boudoir.

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Homophones

归guī
return, go back
龟guī
turtle
规guī
compass, a rule, regulation

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