mén
door
Pictograph of a gate.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
mén
gate, door, entrance, opening; gate; door; CL:扇[shàn]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[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 門
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
gate | ||
department | ||
specialist | ||
to open for business | ||
to go out |
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