TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
閉
ㄅㄧˋ · bì
verb — to close, shut
字源 FORM — what the parts do
說文 reads it 闔門——to shut the gate. The double gate (門) frames it; the stroke barred across the opening is the bolt dropped into place. From the shut gate: 關閉, 閉嘴, 封閉.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
兩扇門（門）合攏，一根閂（才）橫插進去——閉，誰也進不來。
The two leaves of the gate (門) swung together, a bar (才) thrown across — shut, and no one gets in.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)關閉、閉門— to close, shut常用
→閉嘴、閉眼— to shut one's mouth or eyes
⇒封閉、閉路— to seal off, blockade
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
開＝ ＋ 开kāithe opposite — 開 lifts the bar out of the gate, 閉 drops it across闔héthe kin gate-word — 闔 closes with 盍 inside, 閉 with the bar