Additional information about 扉
說文解字: 【扉】，戶扇也。从戶、非聲。 【甫微切】 〔小徐本此字次於「扇」字之後。〕
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- GATE
1. The current general word for a gate or door of any kind is mén 門, but the word also refers specifically to the two-leaf main gate rather than small doors inside a building complex.
2. Fēi 扉 refers to a main gate which has only one leaf or to the leaf of a gate.
3. Hé 闔 refers generally to the wing of a door. Specifically - according to the Zheng's commentary to the LIJI - the word refers to the wooden wing.
4. Wéi 闈 (ant. dà mén 大門 ) refers to the minor gates to a compound or palace.
5. Lu �閭 refers to a gate of a neighbourhood or a village.
6. Hàn 閈 is another term for the gate of a village.
7. Yán 閻 refers to the gate inside a village or neighbourhood; it also refers to the small street in a village.
8. Hóng 閎 originally perhaps referred to the street gate inside a palace (??), but it can be also used as the general term for a gate.
9. Tà 闥 refers to a small door and also to the space inside the door.