Chinese symbol for “ajar”
虚掩
xū yǎn
Traditional: 虛掩
to partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked; (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ajar is 虚掩 (xū yǎn), defined as: to partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked; (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虚掩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虚拟 (虛擬) | xū nǐ | to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical |
| 虚假 (虛假) | xū jiǎ | false; phony; sham |
| 虚构 (虛構) | xū gòu | to make up; fabrication |
| 虚伪 (虛偽) | xū wěi | false; hypocritical |
| 空虚 (空虛) | kōng xū | hollow; emptiness |
| 虚弱 (虛弱) | xū ruò | weak; in poor health |
| 掩盖 (掩蓋) | yǎn gài | to conceal; to hide behind |
| 掩饰 (掩飾) | yǎn shì | to cover up; to conceal |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.