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门gate

gate. 3 strokes. 11 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning gateStrokes 3Characters 11

How to write 门

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Stroke order chart for the 门 radical — 3 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 11 characters below, 1 are pictophonetic with 门 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 11 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 门 family

HSK 2 · 3

门mén闻wén问wèn

HSK 3 · 1

间jiān

HSK 4 · 4

闭bì闹nào闪shǎn阅yuè

HSK 5 · 2

闯chuǎng闲xián

HSK 6 · 1

阔kuò

Words they appear in

出(chū)门(mén)to leave the house, to go out
离开家门，到外面去
大(dà)门(mén)the front gate, main entrance
建筑物正对外面的主要出入口
闻(wén)to smell
用鼻子感觉气味
问(wèn)路(lù)to ask for directions
指向别人询问怎么走
问(wèn)题(tí)question, problem
指需要解答或解决的疑难
新(xīn)闻(wén)news
指最近发生的事情报道
部(bù)门(mén)a department
单位里分开管不同事情的小组
提(tí)问(wèn)to ask a question in class
说出问题，请别人回答
访(fǎng)问(wèn)to visit formally
特地到某个地方去看望或了解情况
卫(wèi)生(shēng)间(jiān)the washroom in a building
供人洗手、上厕所的房间
民(mín)间(jiān)among the ordinary people, folk
普通百姓中间，不是政府组织的
专(zhuān)门(mén)specially, for this purpose alone
为了一个目的单独去做，不做别的
封(fēng)闭(bì)to close off (an area)
为了安全把一个地方围起来不让人进出
关(guān)闭(bì)to securely close down
把门店等完全关上、停止营业