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
to rush out through a door (idiom)
a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
Brahmin
Hinduism; Brahmanism
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
to keep goal; on duty as gatekeeper
gatekeeper
goalkeeper
Andingmen neighborhood of Beijing
Xuanwumen, Beijing
family of officials
house door; family clan
airtight door
poor and humble family; my family (humble)
to shoot at the goal
specialized; specialist; customized
specialist; specialized staff
special train
to specialize
specialist
specialized agency
the building or room opposite
anus (rural coll.)
screen door
Tuen Mun district of New Territories, Hong Kong