Chinese Character Wiki
门

mén

door

Simplified form of 門. 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

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 门
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 32 characters (2 verified)

阅 阑 闲 阔 阁 闯 阐 阎 阀 闸 闺 阙 阉 阂 闩 闾 阖 闱 阈 闶 闼 阋 阕 闳 阏 阒 阍 阆 阃 闫 阊 阚

Sound component in 10 characters (3 verified)

们 问 闻 闷 闽 闵 扪 蔺 钔 訚

Iconic component in 5 characters (5 verified)

间 闪 闭 闰 𫔭

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

闹

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

锎

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

門

Unicode

U+95E8


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