noun, takes する, transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. opening and shutting, opening and closing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
開閉 かいへい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

open, unfold, unseal
カイ ひら.く あ.く (3rd, N4)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
closed, shut
と.じる ヘイ し.める (6th, N3)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
genius, years old, cubic shaku
サイ (2nd, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ