Kanji 門 — "Gates"
Here is what 門 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Gates" stick.
Also means: Gate
How it is read
もん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
かど, と
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Two big doors — Gates and its component Gate are the same character!
- 門 Gate
It's the handles on both sides of a large Gate that you must push together to open it.
Words that use 門
4 of 4 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 門 もん gate
- 専門 せんもん major, specialty, speciality
- 部門 ぶもん class, group, category, department, field, branch
- 正門 せいもん main gate, main entrance
Want 門 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
