Dino Kids

The kanji 閉: meaning, readings and stroke order

閉

Meaning
close, shut
On reading
ヘイ hei
Kun reading
と(じる) tojiru、と(ざす) tozasu、し(める) shimeru、し(まる) shimaru
Strokes
11
Radical
門 gate
Level
Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Stroke order of 閉, 11 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
đóng, khép (bế)
Japanese
しめる。とじる。
Korean
닫다 (폐)
Chinese
关、关闭 (闭)

Readings, words and example sentences

ヘイ hei · on reading

と(じる) tojiru · kun reading

と(ざす) tozasu · kun reading · less common

し(める) shimeru · kun reading

し(まる) shimaru · kun reading

Practise writing 閉 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 閉 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 6 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.