mén

door

Simplified form of . Pictograph of a gate.

Evolution

门 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
门 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
门 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
门 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
门 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
门 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

mén

gate, door, entrance, opening; gate; door; CL:[shàn]; gateway; doorway; CL:|[gè]; 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)

() 

Mén

surname Men

Most common words with 门
Freq.
Word
Meaning

gate

部门

department

专门

specialist

开门

to open for business

出门

to go out

Component uses

Meaning component in 32 characters (2 verified)

Sound component in 10 characters (3 verified)

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

𫔭

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 88.0666% of movies

297th most common character in movies

185th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Traditional

Unicode

U+95E8


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