閉 — closed, shut

とじる閉 closed

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes action

U+9589 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #951 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1751 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

closed
shut

word

と to Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

閉(と) じる tojiru to close 閉(と) ざす tozasu to shut 閉(と) じ込(こ) める tojikomeru to lock up

へい hei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

閉(へい) 店(てん) heiten closing a shop 閉(へい) 会(かい) heikai closing a meeting 閉(へい) 鎖(さ) heisa closing 自(じ) 閉(へい) 症(しょう) jiheishou autism 閉(へい) 塞(そく) heisoku blockage

し shi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

閉(し) める shimeru to close 閉(し) まる shimaru to close

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

もん門 gate #169

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#169 門 gate