门 (mén): meaning and stroke order
门 (mén) means gate, door, CL:扇, gateway, doorway, 个, opening, valve, switch, way to do something, knack.
门
- Simplified
- 门
- Traditional
- 門
- Pinyin
- mén
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Stroke order of 门
门
- Mén surname Men
- mén gate; door
- 3 strokes
- Traditional form: 門
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Meaning of 门
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mén
Traditional 門
- gate
- door
- CL:扇[shan4]
- gateway
- doorway
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- opening
- valve
- switch
- way to do something
- knack
- family
- house
- (religious) sect
- school (of thought)
- class
- category
- phylum or division (taxonomy)
- classifier for large guns
- classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
- (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
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Mén
Traditional 門
- surname Men
Radical and structure
- 门
- Radical 门 (Kangxi radical 169) in its simplified form · 3 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 门
- 出门 chū mén to go out; to leave home
- 家门 jiā mén house door; family clan
- 门口 mén kǒu doorway; gate
- 门神 mén shén door god
- 龙门 Lóng mén see 龍門縣|龙门县[Long2 men2 Xian4]; see 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1]
- 关门 guān mén to close a door; to lock a door
- 部门 bù mén department; branch
- 专门 zhuān mén specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
- 敲门 qiāo mén to knock on a door
- 门票 mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
门 in our stories
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“我在二号门，旁边有咖啡店。”
wǒ zài èr hào mén pángbiān yǒu kāfēidiàn
"I'm at gate two, next to a cafe."
From the story At the airport HSK 2
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到了爷爷家，门上已经贴好了红“福”字。
dào le yéye jiā mén shàng yǐjīng tiē hǎo le hóng fú zì
When they arrive, a red "福" (good fortune) character is already on the door.
From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
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于是，有一天他假装出门，其实偷偷躲在门后面。
yúshì yǒu yì tiān tā jiǎzhuāng chūmén qíshí tōutōu duǒ zài mén hòumiàn
So one day he pretended to go out, but secretly hid behind the door.
From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4
Stories using 门
- At the airport HSK 2
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
- The river-snail girl HSK 4
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- Old Du on the corner HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).