门

mén

gate

surname Men; 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)

a picture of 门 → gate or door

The character originally depicted two swinging door panels set in a frame — the classic image of a gate. From that concrete image, it extended to cover any opening, category, or entry point into a domain.

丶+丨→门

请把门关上,外面太冷了。

qǐng bǎ mén guān shàng , wài miàn tài lěng le 。

Please close the door, it's too cold outside.

他敲了敲门,等着有人来开。

tā qiāo le qiāo mén , děng zhe yǒu rén lái kāi 。

He knocked on the door and waited for someone to come open it.

Words with 门

门外

mén wài

outside the door

专门

zhuān mén

specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose)

把门

bǎ mén

to stand as a goalkeeper

石门

shí mén

see 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 Xian4]

门当户对

mén dāng hù duì

the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom)

入门

rù mén

entrance door

国门

guó mén

(archaic) capital's gate

开门见山

kāi mén jiàn shān

lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)

活门

huó mén

valve

三门峡市

sān mén xiá shì

Sanmenxia, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]

门道

mén dao

the way to do sth

门坎

mén kǎn

variant of 門檻|门槛[men2 kan3]

More characters with 丶

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