Keyword
gate
- door
- entrance
- opening
- Frequency
- #304
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
mén100%
Mnemonic
An open doorway or gate
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
们plural marker for pronouns间between问to ask闻to hear阅to inspect闭to close阁pavilion闪to dodge闲enclosure闹noisy阔wide阐to disclose闷depressed闯to rush阀clique闽Fujian province闸sluice闺small arched door阎village gate阉to castrate阙watchtower阂obstruct阇defensive platform over gate阑railing闰intercalary阆high door扪lay hands on闾gate of a village阖to close闱door闵to mourn闩bolt阈threshold蔺juncus effusus闳gate阊gate of heaven阗fill up阌wen xiang阄lots阏to block
Used in vocabulary
部门
department; branch; section; division
门
gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇 (shàn)); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
专门
specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose); (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special
澳门
Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 澳 (Ào))
天安门
Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing
门口
doorway; gate
出门
to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
热门
popular; hot; in vogue
天安门广场
Tiananmen Square
大门
entrance; door; gate; large and influential family
开门
(lit. and fig.) to open a door; to open for business
门前
in front of the door
门槛
doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
门票
ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
也门
Yemen
关门
to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
门外
outside the door
上门
to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
门户
door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel
入门
entrance door; to enter a door; to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level
大门
the Doors, US rock band
西门
two-character surname Ximen
城门
city gate
金门
Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan; Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州 (Quánzhōu), Fujian, PRC