Chinese Character Wiki
闭

bì

shut

Simplified form of 閉. Depicts a door closed shut with horizontal bars.

Components
门 iconic component

门  Iconic component

mén

  

door

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts horizontal bars used to keep the door shut.

Evolution

闭 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
闭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
闭 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
闭 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

闭 (閉) 

bì

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

Most common words with 闭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

闭

to close

关闭

to close

封闭

to seal

闭上

to close

闭幕

the curtain falls

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 60.0513% of movies

635th most common character in movies

1267th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

閉

Unicode

U+95ED


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