Dong Chinese dictionary

bì

shut

Depicts a door closed shut with horizontal bars.

Components

門 Iconic component

mén

door

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts horizontal bars used to keep the door shut.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bì

shut, close; obstruct, block up; to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct

Most common words with 閉

Sources