Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
Variants:
closed, shut
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
951 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 閉鎖 【ヘイサ】 closing, closure, shutdown, lockout
  • 閉会 【ヘイカイ】 closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
  • 開閉 【カイヘイ】 opening and shutting, opening and closing
  • 幽閉 【ユウヘイ】 confinement, imprisonment, incarceration

Kun reading compounds

  • 閉じる 【とじる】 to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.), to shut
  • 閉ざす 【とざす】 to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness), to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)
  • 閉める 【しめる】 to close, to shut
  • 閉まる 【しまる】 to be shut, to close, to be closed, to be firm (of a body, face, etc.), to be well-knit, to be locked, to tighten, to be tightened, to become sober, to become tense
  • 閉てる 【たてる】 to shut, to close

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
pye

Spanish

  • cerrar
  • finalizar
  • dejar de hacer
  • guardar

Portuguese

  • fechado
  • fechar

French

  • fermer
  • clore
979 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
968 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1143 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4945 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
900 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
981 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
397 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
216 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1839 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4116 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2090 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2832 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1637 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41222 Morohashi
3319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1623 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1751 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
931 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3847 2001 Kanji
8e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-3 SKIP code
7724.7 Four corner code
1-42-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9589 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct
Kun:
か.けるか.かる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1555 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 架 【カ】 rack, mount, stand
  • 架空 【カクウ】 fictitious, imaginary, fanciful, fabricated, aerial, overhead
  • 高架 【コウカ】 elevated (structure), overhead
  • 担架 【タンカ】 stretcher, litter (medical), gurney

Kun reading compounds

  • 架ける 【かける】 to suspend between two points, to build (a bridge, etc.), to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
  • 架かる 【かかる】 to span, to bridge, to cross, to straddle

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia4
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • montar
  • apoyar
  • estante
  • construir
  • colgar
  • construir un puente

Portuguese

  • eregir
  • moldura
  • monte
  • apoio
  • prateleira
  • construir

French

  • ériger
  • monter
  • suspendre (pont)
  • supporter (poids)
  • étagère
  • construire
1045 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1659 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2237 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1085 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1423 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
755 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
768 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1704 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1055 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3178 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1638 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
878 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14586 Morohashi
2569 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2632 New Nelson (John Haig)
869 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
934 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1267 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1664 2001 Kanji
4a5.36 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4690.4 Four corner code
1-18-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67b6 Unicode hex code