Memory phrase for the character: 闭

闭

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Meaning

to close, stop up, shut, obstruct

Pronunciation

bì

Explanation

Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: talent/years of age 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented, but here: he kicks) [Or: a key ノ in a keyhole ナ]

Mnemonic


 
The person kicks the gate, because it is closed.

Radicals

門 gateTypically simplified to: 门
才 talentWhen the big 大 person balances on one foot, he is talented. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

闭合 bì hé  to close; closed
睁只眼闭只眼 zhēng zhī yǎn bì zhī yǎn  to turn a blind eye
闭门觅句 bì mén mì jù  lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
飨以闭门羹 xiǎng yǐ bì mén gēng  to close the door in one's face (idiom)
闭门羹 bì mén gēng  to be spurned; to be given the cold shoulder
 


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