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闩

閂
shuān
noun #29,644

Meanings

  1. 1 bolt; latch (for a door)
  2. 2 to bolt; to latch

Examples

他进门后把门闩插上了。
Tā jìnmén hòu bǎmén shuān chā shàng le.
After entering, he bolted the door shut.
这扇老木门有一根铁闩。
Zhè shàn lǎo mùmén yǒu yī gēn tiě shuān.
This old wooden door has an iron bolt.

Tips

memory
The traditional character 閂 is pictographic: a horizontal bar (一) across a door frame (門) — exactly what a bolt does.

Components

radical
门 mén
door; gate
门 depicts a swinging double-door. As radical it surrounds the inside of 闩, marking it as a door-related noun. Joins 闭 间 闯 闪 — the door-and-gate family.
ideograph
一 yī
one; horizontal stroke
A single horizontal stroke laid across the doorway — the bolt itself, drawn literally. The whole character is a compound ideograph: door plus one bar = a latched door. One of the most transparent characters in the writing system.

Stroke Order

闩 shuān