mén

door; gate; doorway

Character data

Radical ⾨ (169.0)
Strokes 8
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

門 mén
  1. 1. door
  2. 2. gate
  3. 3. doorway
  4. 4. gateway
  5. 5. house
  6. 6. family
  7. 7. school (of thought)
  8. 8. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  9. 9. class
  10. 10. category
  11. 11. way to do something
  12. 12. knack
  13. 13. opening
  14. 14. valve
  15. 15. switch
  16. 16. (religious) sect
  17. 17. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  18. 18. classifier for large guns
  19. 19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
  20. 20. surname Men
  21. 21. CL shàn
  22. 22. CL

Stroke order

門 stroke order diagram

Words containing 門

Word Meaning
doorway; gateway
the way to do sth; knack
door frame; door pillars
door latch
doorbell
door hinge
door lock
door bolt
rich and powerful family
doorsill
doorstep; threshold
shop front; facade; prestige
Mentougou district of Beijing municipality
Mentougou district of Beijing
area above the lintel of a doorway
category; kind; class
family tradition; family principles
doorway; gate; entrance
incisor
to close a door
shut doors and seal gaps; guard tightly
shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
shut in to polish lines; intense writing work
lit. to build a cart behind closed doors