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阖

hé

Character Traditional 闔

What 阖 means

1. door
2. to close
3. whole

Example sentences

• 我昨晚一夜没阖眼。
  Wǒ zuówǎn yī yè méi hé yǎn.
  I didn't sleep a wink last night.

Words starting with 阖

• 阖庐Hé LúKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 阖闾
• 阖第光临hé dì guāng línthe whole family is invited (idiom)
• 阖闾Hé LǘKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 阖庐
• 阖闾城Hé lǘ chéngcapital city of King Helu of Wu from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu
• 阖闾城遗址Hé Lǘ chéng yí zhǐruins of capital city of King Helu of Wu, from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu
• 阖家hé jiāvariant of 合家

Words containing 阖

• 吴王阖庐Wú wáng Hé LúKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 吴王阖闾
• 吴王阖闾Wú wáng Hé LǘKing Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five…

Characters built on 盍

These share the phonetic component 盍 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 嗑kèto crack (seeds) between one's teeth
• 磕kēto tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock…
• 瞌kēused in 瞌睡
• 溘kèsuddenly

Characters that look like 阖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 惹rěto provoke; to irritate; to vex
• 阑lánrailing; balustrade; door-screen
• 阗tiánfill up; rumbling sound
• 漆qīpaint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 盒small box; case
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up