閉 – closed, shut

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The kanji 閉 means closed, shut. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヘイ (hei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is と.じる、と.ざす、し.める、し.まる、た.てる (tojiru, tozasu, shimeru, shimaru, tateru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 門 (no. 169).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヘイ	hei
Kun’yomi	と.じる	tojiru
Kun’yomi	と.ざす	tozasu
Kun’yomi	し.める	shimeru
Kun’yomi	し.まる	shimaru
Kun’yomi	た.てる	tateru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 門 (Kangxi radical 169). Components: ノ・一・門・亅.

Words using 閉

閉まるしまるto be shut閉めるしめるto close閉じるとじるto close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.)閉会へいかいclosure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)閉口へいこうto be stumped閉鎖へいさclosing

Example sentences

あいにく店は閉まっていた。

Unfortunately, the store was closed.

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どうかドアを閉めてくれませんか。

Will you please shut the door?

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国会は閉会して夏休みに入った。

The Diet rose for summer recess.

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Kanji with the same radical

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