闔

阖

闔

hé = h + e2

door / to close / whole

闔 character breakdown

闔
- 盍
  - 去
    - 厶
    - 土
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
  - 皿
- 門

盍

盇

hé = h + e2

variant of 盍[he2]

盍 = 去 + 皿 : Mnemonic symbol: to make a list of pros and cons.

Hamlet (h) is thinking about smashing a shallow bowl (皿) with a concrete barrel (去) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He thinks "why not" (盍), and decides to make a list of pros and cons (盍) first.

盍

hé = h + e2

why not

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

surname Men

门

門

mén = m + (e)n2

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.