Moto 閉: Closed; ShutKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ヘイ
- Kun'yomi
- と(じる)、と(ざす)、し(める)、し(まる)、た(てる)
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 161 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ヘイ)
- 閉鎖へいさclosing; closure
- 閉会へいかいclosure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
- 閉幕へいまくfalling of the curtain; coming to an end
- 閉店へいてんclosing up shop (for the day)
- 自閉症じへいしょうautism
- 開閉かいへいopening and shutting; opening and closing
- 幽閉ゆうへいconfinement; imprisonment
- 閉口へいこうto be stumped; to be at a loss
- 閉塞へいそくblockage; blockade
- 閉山へいざんending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers
- 閉廷へいていadjourning court
- 閉校へいこうclosing a school
- 閉経へいけいmenopause
- 閉館へいかんclosing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
- ウィリス動脈輪閉塞症ウィリスどうみゃくりんへいそくしょうocclusion in the circle of Willis
- 上腸間膜動脈閉鎖症じょうちょうかんまくどうみゃくへいさしょうsuperior mesenteric artery syndrome
- 代数閉体だいすうへいたいalgebraically closed field
- 仮想閉域網かそうへいいきもうVPN; Virtual Private Network
- 先天性胆管閉鎖症せんてんせいたんがんへいさしょうcongenital bile duct atresia
- 半閉鎖式はんへいさしきsemiclosed system
- 半閉鎖式リブリーザーはんへいさしきリブリーザーsemiclosed rebreather
- 基地閉鎖きちへいさ(military) base closing
- 学級閉鎖がっきゅうへいさtemporary closing of classes
- 工場閉鎖こうじょうへいさfactory closure; factory shutdown
- 慢性閉塞性呼吸器疾患まんせいへいそくせいこきゅうきしっかんchronic obstructive respiratory disease
- 慢性閉塞性肺疾患まんせいへいそくせいはいしっかんchronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD
- 政府機関閉鎖せいふきかんへいさgovernment shutdown
- 政府閉鎖せいふへいさgovernment shutdown
- 早期閉経そうきへいけいpremature menopause; early menopause
- 月経閉止期げっけいへいしきmenopause
- 沈魚落雁閉月羞花ちんぎょらくがんへいげつしゅうかcharms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
- 河道閉塞かどうへいそくnatural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
- 眼瞼閉鎖反射がんけんへいさはんしゃcorneal reflex; blink reflex
- 縮閉線しゅくへいせんevolute
- 羞月閉花しゅうげつへいかthe charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt
- 羞花閉月しゅうかへいげつthe charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) flowers are abashed and the moon hides
- 腸閉塞ちょうへいそくintestinal obstruction
- 腸間膜血管閉塞症ちょうかんまくけっかんへいそくしょうmesenteric vascular occlusion
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 閉ざすとざすto shut; to close
- 閉じるとじるto close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
- 閉じこもるとじこもるto seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
- 閉じ込めるとじこめるto lock up; to shut up
- 閉まりしまりclosing; shutting
- 閉まるしまるto be shut; to close
- 閉めるしめるto close; to shut
- ふたを閉めるふたをしめるto shut the lid
- カツ閉じカツとじpork cutlet and egg dish (usu. served on top of rice)
- ダイアログボックスを閉じるダイアログボックスをとじるto dismiss a dialog box
- 割れ鍋に閉じ蓋われなべにとじぶたthere is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill
- 口を閉ざすくちをとざすto keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
- 幕を閉じるまくをとじるto come to an end; to close the curtain
- 店閉まいみせじまいclosing up shop (for the day)
- 括弧閉じかっことじclosing bracket; closing parenthesis
- 殻を閉ざすからをとざすto close up like an oyster; to retire into one's shell
- 生涯を閉じるしょうがいをとじるto die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
- 目を閉じるめをとじるto close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids
Other readings
- 密閉みっぺいshutting tightly; making airtight
- 密閉型みっぺいがたencapsulated type
- 密閉容器みっぺいようきairtight container
- 戸閉蜘蛛とたてぐもtrapdoor spider (any spider of family Ctenizidae); folding trapdoor spider (any spider of family Antrodiaetidae)
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