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

13 strokes (also 12)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
difference, differ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
344 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 違反 【イハン】 violation, offense, offence, breach, transgression, infringement, contravention
  • 違憲 【イケン】 unconstitutionality
  • 格段の相違 【カクダンノソウイ】 marked difference
  • 非違 【ヒイ】 illegality, police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 違う 【ちがう】 to differ (from), to be different, to be distinct, to be unlike, to vary, to disagree (with), to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be mistaken, to become abnormal, to go wrong, isn't it?, wasn't it?
  • 違くて 【ちがくて】 different (from), not the same (as)
  • 違い 【ちがい】 difference, distinction, discrepancy, mistake, error
  • 違いない 【ちがいない】 sure, no mistaking it, for certain, without doubt
  • 違える 【ちがえる】 to change, to alter, to mistake, to make a mistake, to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise), to sprain (a muscle), to dislocate (e.g. one's neck)
  • 違う 【たがう】 to differ, to be different, to run counter to, to change (into something out of the ordinary)
  • 違える 【たがえる】 to change, to alter, to run counter to, to go against, to break (one's word), to make a mistake (in), to err

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • diferencia
  • diferir
  • violar
  • ser diferente
  • cambiar
  • alterar

Portuguese

  • diferença
  • diferir

French

  • différence
  • différer
1006 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
496 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4720 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
883 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
965 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
814 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
833 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
385 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
713 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3907 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2014 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2716 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1659 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39067P Morohashi
3151 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6099 New Nelson (John Haig)
1644 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1773 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1676 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1655 2001 Kanji
2q10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-10 SKIP code
3-2-10 SKIP code
3430.4 Four corner code
1-16-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9055 Unicode hex code