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Kanji Detail for 閘 - "sluice, open and close"
閘
- Meaning
閘 means "sluice, open and close."
Sluice - A water gate; a floodgate.
Open and close - To operate a gate.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
water gate; lock
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
sluice; flood gate, canal lock
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sluice, floodgate, canal lock
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Commonly read 士洽切. Setting boards in a river to control water, opening and closing to let boats through. A water gate that only allows one boat through at a time, passing in single file, is called 閘 (lock). Today, many are installed in canals.
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