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shut

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

he2

Meaning


Primary

shut

Alternatives

shuts, shutting, close

Mnemonic


[h-] Harry Potter is [2] inside the [-e] electricity plant where he is trying to 闔 shut the 門 saloon doors at the entrance to one of the generator rooms. Unfortunately, they won't 闔 shut. So he gets some 土 soil and jams it in between the 門 saloon doors with his 厶 elbow, then uses a magic spell on a 皿 plate to make it sticky enough to glue the 門 saloon doors shut.

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