阖

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door; to close; whole

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

门 meaning “gate” + 盍 sound ( hé )

Components 门盍

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
阖第光临	hé dì guāng lín	the whole family is invited (idiom)
阖家	hé jiā	variant of 合家[he2 jia1]
吴王阖庐	Wú wáng Hé Lú	King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 吳王闔閭\|吴王阖闾
阖闾城遗址	Hé Lǘ chéng yí zhǐ	ruins of capital city of King Helu of Wu, from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu
吴王阖闾	Wú wáng Hé Lǘ	King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemo…
阖闾城	Hé lǘ chéng	capital city of King Helu of Wu from 6th century BC, at modern Wuxi, Jiangsu
阖庐	Hé Lú	King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 闔閭\|阖闾
阖闾	Hé Lǘ	King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC); also called 闔廬\|阖庐

Characters sharing the sound component 盍 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
盍 sound part	hé	what? why not?
磕	kē	to collide, to hit, to knock, to tap
嗑	kè	to eat seeds; to reproach; loquacious
瞌	kē	sleepy; to doze off
溘	kè	sudden, abrupt, unexpected