Kanji Detail for 闔 - "door, close, all, why not"

闔

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
闔 means "door, close, all, why not."
1. Door - A gate leaf; a door panel.
2. Close - To shut; to seal.
3. All - Entirely; the whole.
4. Why not - A rhetorical question.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

doors

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

close; whole, entire; all; leaf

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

door; to close; whole

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to close; whole, entire, all

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To close. Closing a door is also called 闔戶. | Interchangeable with 合. A term for encompassing all. As in 闔第光臨 (the whole household graces us with their presence) and the like.
Onyomi

koh(こう)
Kunyomi

tobira(とびら)
Strokes

18 strokes
Radical

門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)
Related Keywords
door gate leaf panel close shut seal entirely whole why rhetorical question