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闔

简阖 · 繁闔

Mandarin · pinyin hé

door
to close
whole

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闔: Look up this written character
阖: hé · close; whole, entire; all; leaf

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character · Etymology 1

(literary) door; door leaf
(literary) all of; whole of; entire
(literary) to close; to shut
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 盍 (hé, “why not”)
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Southern Min) to close, leaving it slightly open
(Mainland China Hokkien) to be detained; to be held up; to get stuck

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