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Han character

 * 1) bolt
 * 2) latch
 * 3) crossbar

Glyph origin
― a crossbar over a gate; sealing it closed.

Compare.

Etymology 1
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Definitions

 * 1) bolt; latch; crossbar
 * 2) to bolt; to latch
 * 3)  to close
 * 4)  to switch off; to turn off
 * 1)  to switch off; to turn off

Definitions

 * 1) bolt; latch; crossbar
 * 2) to bolt; to latch; to lock

Etymology


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Shift from or, possibly influenced by.

Noun

 * 1) a heavy, usually wooden, crossbar used to lock across double doors or gates of an entrance to a building, similar to a latch
 * 2)  a grip in which one wrestler wraps his arms around both of his opponent’s arms and squeezes them together to maneuver the opponent for a kimedashi or kimetaoshi, or to weaken the opponent’s grip on the mawashi; a type of armbar
 * 1)  a grip in which one wrestler wraps his arms around both of his opponent’s arms and squeezes them together to maneuver the opponent for a kimedashi or kimetaoshi, or to weaken the opponent’s grip on the mawashi; a type of armbar