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閉 kanji
closed, shut
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
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ヘイ
Kun readings
とじるとざすしめるしまるたてる
Variant forms
閇Words with 閉
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —閉音節closed syllable
- —縮閉線evolute
- —密閉型sealed-type; enclosed; hermetic; closed; closed-back (headphones)
- —閉集合closed set
- —閉曲線closed curve
- —鼻閉塞nasal obstruction
- —閉架式closed stack system (e.g. library)
- —閉鎖音stop; stop consonant; occlusive
- —集近閉three Cs; three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)
- —開閉所switching station; switchyard
- —耳閉感feeling that one's ears are blocked; blocked-ear feeling; clogged-ear feeling
- —閉校式school closing ceremony
- —閉鎖花cleistogamous flower; self-pollinating flower
- —基地閉鎖(military) base closing
- —学級閉鎖temporary closing of classes
- —密閉容器airtight container
- —閉口頓首being at a complete loss as to what to do; being at one's wit's end; being at a loss for an answer
- —羞月閉花the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt
- —蟄居閉門house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
- —閉月羞花charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed
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