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
subphylum (taxonomy); subdivision
personnel office
Eva Mendes, American actress
Buddhism
noble house
noble homes are hard to reach for common people
side door; wicket door
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
doing things by the side door (i.e. dishonestly); side door
side door
to be dependent upon sb
salmonella typhimurium
fig. to bring honor to one's family
introduction (to a subject); to enter a door; entrance door
introductory course; primer
experts see the skill; laymen just the show
Neimen, a township in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Neimen Township, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
(in wuxia stories) special police force; yamen
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
triumphal arch
entrance and exit door
to go out; to leave home; away from home
to classify; to organize by categories
front door; main entrance