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
permaculture (loanword)
main entrance; main gate; portal
dishonest practices
valve (esp. tire valve); spiracle; stigma (zool.)
Watergate scandal
cement (Shanghainese) (loanword)
Yongdingmen, rebuilt city gate in Beijing
Jiangmen prefecture-level city in Guangdong
Jiangmen prefecture-level city in Guangdong
no way; impossible
Buddhist monk
Salmonella
salmonella
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle
method; way; gate to enlightment (Buddhism)
valve
Sanmen County in Zhejiang
Haimen county level city in Nantong nán tōng, Jiangsu
Haimen county level city in Nantong nán tōng, Jiangsu
customs section
Qinghemen district of Fuxin city fù xīn shì, Liaoning
Qinghemen district of Fuxin city fù xīn shì, Liaoning
to exterminate an entire family
sliding door