Chinese Character Wiki
門

mén

door

Pictograph of a gate.

Evolution

門 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
門 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

门 (門) 

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)

门 (門) 

Mén

surname Men

Most common words with 門
Freq.
Word
Meaning

门

gate

部门

department

专门

specialist

开门

to open for business

出门

to go out

Component uses

Meaning component in 34 characters (5 verified)

关 關 闆 閱 闌 閑 闊 閣 闖 闢 闡 閻 閥 閘 閨 闕 閹 閡 閂 閭 闔 闈 閾 閎 閼 闃 閬 閫 閶 闞 閒 閤 閦 闉

Sound component in 8 characters (3 verified)

們 問 聞 悶 閩 閔 捫 誾

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

開 間 閃 閉 閏

Deleted component in 2 characters (2 verified)

开 关

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤə[r]

mwon

mén

gate, door


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 88.0666% of movies

297th most common character in movies

185th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Simplified

门

Unicode

U+9580

Shuowen

“門，聞也。从二戶，象形。”


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