閉 — Chinese character
閉
bì
to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
- Pinyin
- bì
- Radical
- 169 ⾨ (Gate)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 門 才
- Formation
- ideographic — A door 門 blocked by bars 才
- Simplified
- 闭
- Japanese
- 閉 as a kanji
閉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 27
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 52
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 56
- Mencius 3B.7
- Mencius 4A.1
- Mencius 4B.29
- Mencius 5B.7
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
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