闭 Stroke Order

闭 bì 1.关，合。 (To close; to shut.) - 封～。 (Seal up.) - ～门。 (Close the door.) - ～合。 (Close together.) - ～关锁国。 (Shut the nation.) - ～门思过。 (Close the door and reflect.) - ～月羞花。 (Close the moon and shame the flowers.) 2.结束，停止。 (To end; to stop.) - ～会。 (End the meeting.) - ～幕。 (Close the curtain.) - ～市。 (Close the market.) 3.堵塞，不通。 (To stop up; to obstruct.) - ～气。 (Stop the air.) - ～塞（sè）。 (Block up.) 4.姓。 (A surname.) 动 (Verb) - 【本义】:关门，把门合闭起来 (Original meaning: Close the door.) - 【造字法】:会意。从门，从才。“才”是用来闭门的东西。 (Character formation: Ideogram; from the door and "cai" which refers to the mechanism used to close the door.) 1.同本义 ([En.] shut the door) - 引: 《说文》：闭，阖门也。 (Shuōwén: To close is to shut the door.) - 《墨子号令》：门常闭。 (Mòzi: The door is often closed.) - 《易·象传》：先王以至，日闭关。 (Yì: When the former kings arrived, the doors were closed.) - 《庄子·天运》：坚闭门而不出。 (Zhuāngzǐ: Shut the door tightly and do not go out.) - 《左传·哀公十五年》：门已闭矣。 (Zuǒzhuān: The door is already closed.) - 《礼记·中庸》：古语所谓闭门造车，出门合辙，盖言其法之同也。 (Lǐjì: An old saying refers to shutting the door to make a cart; it implies similar principles.) - 例: 又如:闭扫(即闭门欲扫。指闭门谢客) (For example: closing the door to clean or rejecting visitors.) - 例: 又如:闭影(关门不与外界往来) (For example: closing the door to cut off contact with the outside world.) 2.泛指闭合，合拢 ([En.] close; shut.) - 引: 《史记·张仪列传》：愿陈子闭口，毋复言。 (Shǐjì: I hope you will keep your mouth shut and say no more.) - 例: 又如:闭目;闭嘴;闭合电路;闭口结舌;闭卷(答题时不能查阅有关资料的考试方法) (For example: close one's eyes; shut one's mouth; close the circuit; tongue-tied; closed book exam (where resources cannot be consulted).) 3.壅塞不通 ([En.] stop up; obstruct.) - 引: 《国语·晋语》：闭而不通。 (Guóyǔ: Stopped up and unable to pass through.) - 例: 又如:闭绝(堵塞;杜绝);闭心(闭绝欲望) (For example: blockage; closing off desires.) 4.禁绝 ([En.] prohibit.) - 引: 《史记·乐书》：礼者，所以闭淫也。 (Shǐjì: Etiquette is for the purpose of prohibiting immorality.) - 例: 又如:闭淫(禁绝邪淫);闭钳(禁制);闭籴(禁止输出，封闭其买入米谷的通道) (For example: prohibit immoral behavior; restrict; close the supply channels.) 5.停止;结束 ([En.] stop; end). - 例: 如:闭歇(停业);闭经;闭会 (For example: closing down; end of studies; end the meeting.) 名 (Noun) 1.门闩的孔 ([En.] hole in bolt.) - 引: 《韩非子·主道》：不谨其闭，不固其门，虎乃将存。 (Hánfēizǐ: If you don’t pay attention to the closure, the door won’t be secure and tigers will invade.) - 例: 又如:键闭 (For example: keyhole.) 2.古时称立秋、立冬为“闭”，意即开始闭藏的气节 ([En.] the Beginning of Autumn or Winter.) - 引: 《左传》：凡分、至、启、闭，必书云物。 (Zuǒzhuān: At the seasons of division, arrival, initiation, and closure, one must write about the changes.)