Gate

N5 · 8 stroke · 22 kanji

Two symmetric pillars with horizontal planks — a grand entrance you pass through.

Picture a traditional Japanese torii gate or castle gate: two tall pillars on either side, connected by horizontal bars, perfectly symmetrical. That imposing, balanced shape is 門. In kanji, when something happens inside or because of a gate — entering, asking at the door, opening — 門 is there.

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Kanji using this radical
3 kanji
Between / Space / Time
あいだ · かん
Question / Ask
と・う · もん
Open
あ・く · かい

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