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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

HSK 5
他进门后把门闩插上了。
Tā jìnmén hòu bǎ ménshuān chā shàng le.
After entering, he bolted the door shut.
HSK 7-9
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