閉 — kanji meaning “closed”
閉
closed, shut
- Meanings
- closed, shut
- On'yomi
- ヘイ (hei)
- Kun'yomi
- と.じる、と.ざす、し.める、し.まる、た.てる
- Name readings
- へ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #951 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 169
- Chinese reading
- bì — Chinese character page
Words with 閉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 閉鎖 | へいさ heisa | closing; closure |
| 閉店 | へいてん heiten | closing up shop (for the day) |
| 閉会 | へいかい heikai | closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.) |
| 閉じる | とじる tojiru | to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut |
| 閉塞 | へいそく heisoku | blockage; blockade; blocking up |
| 閉める | しめる shimeru | to close; to shut |
| 開閉 | かいへい kaihei | opening and shutting; opening and closing |
| 自閉症 | じへいしょう jiheishou | autism |
| 密閉 | みっぺい mippei | shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically |
| 閉口 | へいこう heikou | to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end |
| 閉まる | しまる shimaru | to be shut; to close; to be closed |
| 幽閉 | ゆうへい yuuhei | confinement; imprisonment; incarceration |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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