Taxonomy of meanings for 闔:　　

  • 闔 hé (OC: ɡaab MC: ɦɑp) 胡臘切 入 廣韻：【閶闔説文云門扇也一曰閉也 】
    • CONFORM
      • vt+prep+Nstativefit with
    • DOOR
      • ndoor wing
    • GATE
      • nleaf of an interior door
      • nmetonymymain gateLZ
    • SHUT
      • vibe closed; get closed
      • viactshut the door; keep the door closed
      • vtoNclose (door)
      • vt(oN)keep the contextually determinate N shutCH
    • WHOLE
      • vadNthe complete ZHUANG:　闔四境之內
    • NOMINAL MEASURE WORDS
      • SURNAMES
        • = 合
        • = 曷
        • = 盍
        • = 蓋
      • 闔 hé (OC: ɡaab MC: ɦɑp) 胡臘切 入 廣韻：【俗闔 】

        Additional information about 闔

        說文解字:

          Criteria
        • SHUT

          1. The most general word for closing anything is probably bì 閉.

          2. Guān 關 refers specifically to shut and lock a door with a bolt.

          3. Jiǒng 扃 refers to closing and locking a door from the outside.

          4. Hé 闔 is an archaic and dignified word for closing something, mostly a door.

          5. Mán 瞞 refers occassionally to closing one's eyes.

          6. Fēng 封 can refer to closing and sealing something.

        • GATE

          1. The current general word for a gate or door of any kind is mén 門, but the word also refers specifically to the two-leaf main gate rather than small doors inside a building complex.

          2. Fēi 扉 refers to a main gate which has only one leaf or to the leaf of a gate.

          3. Hé 闔 refers generally to the wing of a door. Specifically - according to the Zheng's commentary to the LIJI - the word refers to the wooden wing.

          4. Wéi 闈 (ant. dà mén 大門 ) refers to the minor gates to a compound or palace.

          5. Lu �閭 refers to a gate of a neighbourhood or a village.

          6. Hàn 閈 is another term for the gate of a village.

          7. Yán 閻 refers to the gate inside a village or neighbourhood; it also refers to the small street in a village.

          8. Hóng 閎 originally perhaps referred to the street gate inside a palace (??), but it can be also used as the general term for a gate.

          9. Tà 闥 refers to a small door and also to the space inside the door.

          Word relations
        • Ant: (SHUT)啟/OPEN The most common general word for opening things is qǐ 啟 (ant. bì 閉 "close") which can refer to all sorts of opening up of all manner of things.
        • Ant: (SHUT)開/OPEN Kāi 開 (ant. bì 閉 "close") and pì 闢 "open wide" (ant. fēng 封 "close tightly") refer primarily to the opening of doors, windows and the like.