門

門 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “gates”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1743. It appears as a component in 18 other characters in this index.

Keyword: gates
RTK frame: 1743
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): モン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): かど, と
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: gate, ворота
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 門 gate

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 門

問 question
閲 review
閥 clique
間 interval
闇 pitch dark
開 open
閉 closed
閣 tower
閑 leisure
聞 hear
潤 wet
欄 column
闘 fight
関 connection
蘭 orchid
閃 flash
悶 agony
閤 side gate

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