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閉

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 775 / 2,608

Closed

On’yomi
へい
Kun’yomi
し、と
Radical
門 Gate (Kangxi 169)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 課 (Section), less common than 貴 (Valuable).

The gate (門) blocks a talent (才) — the talented person is shut behind the closed gate, locked inside.

In words

閉める しめる to close somethingN5
閉まる しまる to close,to be closedN5
閉じる とじる to close (e.g. book, eyes),to shutN3

閉 is rank 775 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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