闭合

Traditional form:

閉合

Pinyin (reading):

bìhé

Definitions:

• to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel)
• to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit)
• closed-loop

Characters:

• 闭 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 合 - to combine, to join, to unite; to gather

Traditional characters:

• 閉 - to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
• 合 - to combine, to join, to unite; to gather