閉鎖

へいさ · heisa · JLPT N1 · noun

shutting

🔒🚪 閉 (shut) + 鎖 (lock): 閉鎖 = shut + lock, a closing you can lock up

閉 means shut and 鎖 means lock, so 閉鎖 joins them into closing or shutdown. Heisa: say 'hey, sa' as a closure. 閉 is the shut/close character; 鎖 also appears in 鎖匙, key.

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