閉

音読おんよみ: ヘイ

訓読くんよみ: とじる・とざす・しめる・しまる

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: 門（もんがまえ）

Meaning

Close / Shut / Seal

  • Basic forms
  • 閉じる — to close / base form
  • 閉じます — polite / I close / masu form
  • 閉じた — past / closed / ta form
  • 閉じて — te-form / close (and…) / linking or request
  • 閉じない — negative / don’t close / negative form
  • 閉じれば — if (I) close / conditional
  • 閉じろ・閉じよ — close it! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 閉じたい — want to close / 〜たい form
  • 閉じられる — can close / be closed / potential / passive
  • 閉じられた — was closed / could close (past)
  • 閉じられない — can’t close / can’t be closed
  • More
  • 閉じよう — let’s close / 〜よう form
  • 閉じなかった — didn’t close / negative past
  • 閉じている — closing / is closed / progressive

閉じる (とじる) is an ichidan (る-verb). Drop る and add endings like ます, た, て, ない. Used for closing things like books, eyes, or meetings — more specific than 閉める (しめる), which means closing doors or windows.

  • 閉とじる — to close (books, eyes)
  • 閉しめる — to shut (doors, lids)
  • 閉しまる — to be closed
  • 閉会へいかい — closing (of a meeting)
  • 閉館へいかん — closing of a facility

閉 is widely used in both daily and formal expressions. Different readings apply depending on what is being closed — books, doors, eyes, or events.

The 門 radical suggests a gate, highlighting the sense of sealing or shutting an entrance.

ドアを 閉しめてください。
Please close the door.

会議かいぎは 午後ごご５時に 閉会へいかいします。
The meeting will close at 5 p.m.

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閉会へいかい — closing of a meeting
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