닫다
dat-da
Shutting a door, shutting a shop, shutting your mouth
The picture Two open faces meet, and the path that joined inside to outside is cut. 닫다 presses a gap shut and cuts the way through; 열다 parts it and opens one.
Where the picture shows up in 닫다
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the gap seals up
나갈 때 문 닫아 주세요.
na-gal ttae mun da-da ju-se-yo
Please close the door on your way out.
A hand pushing the open door until it seats flush in its frame
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a shop cuts itself off from the street
그 가게는 지난달에 문을 닫았어요.
geu ga-ge-neun ji-nan-da-re mu-neul da-da-sseo-yo
That shop closed down last month.
A shop shutter coming all the way down to the pavement while people walk on past
Closing for the day and closing for good are the same verb. Context decides which.
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the path for sound is cut
창문을 닫으니까 소리가 안 들려요.
chang-mu-neul da-deu-ni-kka so-ri-ga an deul-lyeo-yo
With the window shut I can't hear a thing.
The window sliding home and the street noise cutting out mid-sound
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the mouth seals shut
그 일 뒤로 입을 닫았어요.
geu il dwi-ro i-beul da-da-sseo-yo
After that, he shut his mouth about it.
Swallowing what you were about to say and pressing your lips flat together
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something spread open folds shut
노트북 닫고 잠깐 쉬죠.
no-teu-buk dat-go jam-kkan swi-jyo
Let's close the laptop and take a break.
The laptop lid folded down until the two halves meet with a click
All of it in one picture
닫다 is one picture: two open faces meeting until the way through is cut. Door meets frame and nobody passes; shutter meets pavement and the trade is over; window meets sill and the sound cannot cross; lip meets lip and the words do not get out; screen meets keyboard and the work stops there. So wherever 닫다 goes, something that used to pass through is cut off right at that spot.