閉める (しめる) — to close, to shut | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

to close and to shut

Practice Writing

Character: 1/3

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

to close, to shut

閉

と.じる, と.ざす, ヘイ

門

gate, counter for cannons

かど, と, モン

才

genius, years old, cubic shaku

扌

( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)

亅

feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)

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