Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
gate, counter for cannons
Kun:
かど
On:
モン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
452 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 門 【モン】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
  • 門下 【モンカ】 one's pupil, one's student, one's follower
  • 入門 【ニュウモン】 becoming a pupil (of), becoming a disciple, entering an institution, beginning training, introduction (to), primer, guide, entering through a gate
  • 宗門 【シュウモン】 (religious) denomination, sect

Kun reading compounds

  • 門 【もん】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
  • 門出 【かどで】 setting off (on a long journey), setting out, departure (e.g. for the front), leaving home, starting a new life, starting life anew
  • 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
  • 口は災いの門 【くちはわざわいのかど】 words can lead to disaster, the tongue is the root of calamities, the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
  • 戸 【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style), shutter, window shutter, entrance (to a home), narrows
  • 門浪 【となみ】 waves in narrow straits
  • 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
  • 長門 【ながと】 Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Readings

Japanese names:
じょう、 も、 と、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
men2
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • puerta

Portuguese

  • portões

French

  • portail
  • compteur de canons
143 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
231 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
211 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
385 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
105 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
269 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
601 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
161 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
445 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1838 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1100 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
597 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
789 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1630 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41208 Morohashi
888 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6381 New Nelson (John Haig)
1616 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1743 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
376 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
168 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3853 2001 Kanji
8e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3-8-0 SKIP code
7777.7 Four corner code
7777.0 Four corner code
1-44-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9580 Unicode hex code

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
corridor, hall, tower
On:
ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1598 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廊 【ロウ】 corridor, passage, hall
  • 廊下 【ロウカ】 corridor, hallway, passageway
  • 回廊 【カイロウ】 corridor, gallery, hallway, cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
  • 人道回廊 【ジンドウカイロウ】 humanitarian corridor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang2
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • corredor
  • pasillo

Portuguese

  • corredor
  • ala
  • torre

French

  • couloir
  • hall
  • tour
1938 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1348 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1519 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1567 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1263 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
981 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1015 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
545 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
596 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3903 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2713 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1869 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9437X Morohashi
3147 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1622 New Nelson (John Haig)
1852 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1996 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1528 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
544 2001 Kanji
3q8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3-3-8 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-47-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5eca Unicode hex code