Character
门
- 1. door; gate; entrance of a building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or courtyard, also the barrier installed at such an entrance that can be opened and closed
- 2. something shaped like or functioning as a door
- 3. method; approach; way
- 4. feudal clan or branch of a clan; nowadays, a general family
- 5. sect; school of thought (in religion or academics)
- 6. traditionally referring to something related to one's master or teacher
- 7. category; classification of things
- 8. a surname
- 9. phylum (in biology); a primary taxonomic division of living organisms, below kingdom and above class
- 10. measure word for cannons, courses, skills, and relationships such as relatives or marriages
- 11. a positional term used in gambling activities such as 压宝
- 12. used to refer to a negative event that draws public attention (scandal)
- 13. the Monba ethnic group, a Chinese ethnic minority mainly distributed in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Words using 门 as mén (16)
Structure & writing
门
— door; gate; entrance of a building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or courtyard, also the barrier installed at such an entrance that can be opened and closed
门 is a component in 21 characters
HSK 1
HSK 3
HSK 5
HSK 7
门 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.
Stroke order