闭
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🚪 门 (door) + 才 (talent/just) — a door bolted shut
闭 shows a door 门 with 才 inside acting as the bar that blocks it. The character means to shut or close off. Modern uses: 闭嘴 (shut up), 闭门 (close the door), 闭眼 (close eyes).
闭 — door 門 + talent 才
Originally written 閉, showing a door 門 with a bar or bolt inside (the 才 component depicts the latch, not the modern meaning 'talent'). The character pictures a door barred shut, giving the meaning 'to close' or 'shut'. The simplified form 闭 keeps the same structure with the reduced door radical 门.