Character Contained In References Comments
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traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
門 才 ⿵門才
Mandarin
bi4, bie1
English
Definitions
to close; obstruct; shut; stop up; block up
Mnemonic
A bar or lock put into 才 a door 門
Etymology
Notes
Perhaps 才 was originally just a pictograph of a type of doorstop