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Meaning of 閂

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(Simplified: 闩)
Pinyin: shuān
English Definition: bolt; latch; to bolt; to latch
Chinese Definition:
①横插在门后使门推不开的棍子。
②用闩插上门:把门闩上。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Ideographic:A bar laid across a gate
Character Formation:
  • Surround from above
    • [ mén ] gate, door, entrance, opening
    • [ ] one; a, an; alone
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Example Sentences
1
She ischecking the locks on the doors, the latches on the windows.
2
Bolt the door and windows before you leave.
3
It is never fastened with anything but a latch, either by day or by night.
4
Suddenly the curtains flick apart, and she reaches through to unlock the latch. She slides up the window.
5
Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.