close

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
門 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

盍 sound component

  Sound component

  

what? why not?

Evolution

闔 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
闔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
闔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
闔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

close; whole, entire; all; leaf; door; to close; whole

Most common words with 闔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

door

阖家

whole family

阖第光临

the whole family is invited (idiom)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4228th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

Unicode

U+95D4

Shuowen

“闔,門扇也。一曰閉也。从門,盍聲。”


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