阖 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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hé

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 盍 represents the sound. Simplified form of 闔.

Components

门 Meaning component

mén

door

盍 Sound component

hé

what? why not?

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

hé

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

Most common words with 阖

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	阖	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

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