閨
bedroom
Readings
On'yomi
- ケイ
- ケ
Kun'yomi
- ねや
Meaning
閨 centers on a private inner room, specifically a bedroom or sleeping chamber.
Most common words using 閨
- 閨ねや
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters
- 令閨れいけい
your wife; his wife; Mrs.
- 班女が閨はんじょがねや
bedroom of a forsaken woman
- 空閨くうけい
lonely, spouseless bedroom; bedroom of a neglected spouse
- 閨中けいちゅう
inside the bedroom
- 閨事ねやごと
sexual intercourse; lovemaking
- 閨房けいぼう
marital bedroom; conjugal bedroom
- 閨秀けいしゅう
accomplished lady; talented woman; eminent woman
- 閨秀作家けいしゅうさっか
woman writer
- 閨秀画家けいしゅうがか
talented woman painter; accomplished woman painter
- 閨門けいもん
entrance to a bedroom; bedroom
- 閨閤けいこう
sleeping quarters; bedroom
- 閨閥けいばつ
clan
- 閨閥政治けいばつせいじ
government by relatives of ruler's wife
Study
Etymology
閨 combines 門 (gate) with 圭, which likely contributes the sound. The gate suggests a private inner space, giving the meaning of a secluded room or bedroom.
Meaning mnemonic
A gate 門 encloses a private space marked by 圭 (a jade tablet, suggesting something precious and personal). Picture a secluded bedroom behind a gate, a precious private chamber.
Reading mnemonic
For ケイ, imagine a key (ケイ) to the private bedroom gate: the key unlocks the secluded chamber.