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Kanji Detail for 門 - "gate, entrance, house"

門

  • Meaning

    門 means "gate, entrance, house."

    1. Gate - An entrance to buildings.

    2. Entrance - A place for entering and exiting.

    3. House - Family lineage; relatives.

    4. School - An academic or religious tradition.

    5. Category - A general classification.

    6. Counter - A unit for counting cannons.

  • Words using 門

    • 部門 ぶもん Listen division (of a larger group); branch; field
    • 専門 せんもん Listen speciality; specialty; special subject of study
    • 専門家 せんもんか Listen specialist; expert; professional
    • 専門学校 せんもんがっこう Listen vocational school; technical school
    • 名門 めいもん Listen distinguished family; famous family; noble family
    • 入門 にゅうもん Listen becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution
    • 専門店 せんもんてん Listen specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
    • 板門店 パンムンジョム Listen Panmunjom (Korea); Panmunjeom; Joint Security Area (Korean Demilitarized Zone)

  • Four-character idioms with 門

    • 門外不出 もんがいふしゅつ Listen (treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
    • 桃李満門 とうりまんもん Listen gathering of excellent and capable people
    • 蟄居閉門 ちっきょへいもん Listen house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
    • 門前成市 もんぜんせいし Listen having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
    • 門前雀羅 もんぜんじゃくら Listen (a house) looking deserted with few visitors
    • 門戸開放 もんこかいほう Listen open door policy

  • Tattoo check: 門

    • Verified meaning: gate, entrance, house
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かど, と, まもる, もん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 門

    Surnames 門(かど)Listen 門(と)Listen 門(まもる)Listen 門(もん)Listen 門(ゆき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gate; counter for cannons

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Men

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    gate, door, entrance, opening

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Set in palaces and walls, can open and close, providing passage. A single panel is called 戶, two panels are called 門. Also, in the hall or chamber it is called 戶, in a district it is called 門. As in 家門 (family gate), 里門 (village gate), 城門 (city gate), 國門 (national gate). | All critical points are called 門. As in 道義之門 (gate of morality), found in the Book of Changes. 眾妙之門 (gate of all mysteries), found in the Laozi. | Family clan. A family clan with long-standing reputation is called 名門 (famous family), 門望 (prestigious family). | Followers. As in Confucius's followers are called 孔門 (school of Confucius). Buddhist followers are called 佛門 (Buddhism). Also, those who gather followers through power and influence are called 權門 (powerful family), 豪門 (wealthy family). | Category. As in classifying is called 分門 (categorize). One who specializes in one field of study is called 專門 (specialist).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    mon(モン) モン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kado(かど) かど

    to(と) と

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)

  • Related Keywords

    gate entrance house door school counter phylum opening portal passage access dwelling building

Sentences including 門

  • She was born in the purple.

  • John moved forward to the gate.

  • The gate is open now.

  • It's the front gate.

  • The gates of the school open at eight.

  • He was born into a noble family.

  • The car is waiting at the gate.

  • I was asked to open the gate.

  • They were waiting for the gate to open.

  • She comes from a good family.

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