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
monastery main gate (Buddhism); monastery
Chongwenmen gate in Beijing
parliament (loanword) (old)
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you
to close the door
Rest with a clear conscience.
pylorus (anatomy)
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
Helicobacter pylori (stomach bacterium)
Xiamen, a coastal city in Fujian, China
Xiamen University
Xiamen, subprovincial city in Fujian; also known as Amoy
Guanganmen in Xuanwu xuān wǔ qū district of southwest Beijing
to introduce a potential source of trouble
swing door
the back door
favorite pupil
Fuxingmen neighborhood of Beijing
Deshengmen (Beijing)
Drammen (city in Buskerud, Norway)
shutter
expert; professional; one who knows his business
to answer the door
OR gate (electronics)