闭

閉
bì
#1,265 most
frequent character
close, shut, obstruct, stop up
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

闭 puts 门, a door with two leaves, with 才, which here stands for 材, timber. So it first meant shutting a door. The meaning then widened to shutting or closing anything.

Drawn as: a double-leaf door

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Example Sentences

请把门闭上。
qǐng bǎ mén bìshàng 。
Please close the door.
他闭上了眼睛，准备睡觉。
tā bìshàng le yǎnjīng ， zhǔnbèi shuìjiào 。
He closed his eyes, preparing to sleep.
这条路被封闭了。
zhè tiáo lù bèi fēngbì le 。
This road has been closed off.

Words with similar meanings

合hé
to close
More commonly used in contexts such as closing a book or folder.
关guān
to shut
More commonly used in the context of shutting doors or windows.

Words Starting With 闭

闭塞bì sè
stop up; close up; hard to get to; out of the way; inaccessible; unenlightened; blocking

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