Radical 169

門
Radical 169 (U+2FA8)
門 (U+9580) "gate, door"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	mén
Bopomofo:	ㄇㄣˊ
Wade–Giles:	men2
Cantonese Yale:	mun4
Jyutping:	mun4
Japanese Kana:	モン mon (on'yomi) かど kado (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	문 mun
Hán-Việt:	môn, món, mon
Names
Chinese name(s):	門字框/门字框 ménzìkuàng
Japanese name(s):	門構/もんがまえ/かどがまえ mongamae/kadogamae
Hangul:	문 mun
Stroke order animation

Stroke order of the simplified form 门

Radical 169 or radical gate (門部) meaning "gate" or "door" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 246 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

门, the simplified form of 門, is the 47th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form 門 is listed as its associated indexing component.

Evolution

• 
  Oracle bone script character
• 
  Bronze script character
• 
  Large seal script character
• 
  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters (門)	Characters (门)
+0	門	门^SC (=門)
+1	閁 閂	闩^SC (=閂)
+2	閃 閄 閅 (=門)	闪^SC (=閃)
+3	閆 閇 (=閉) 閈 閉 閊	闫^SC (=閆) 闬 (=閈) 闭^SC (=閉) 问^SC (=問 -> 口) 闯^SC (=闖)
+4	開 閌 閍 閎 閏 閐 閑 閒 間 閔 閕 閖 閗 (=鬥 -> 鬥)	闰^SC (=閏) 闱^SC (=闈) 闲^SC (=閒) 闳^SC (=閎) 间^SC (=間) 闵^SC (=閔) 闶^SC (=閌) 闷^SC (=悶 -> 心)
+5	閘 閙 (=鬧 -> 鬥) 閚 閛 閜 閝 閞 閟 閠 (=閏)	闸^SC (=閘) 闹^SC (=鬧 -> 鬥)
+6	閡 関^JP (=關) 閣 閤 閥 閦 閧 (=鬨 -> 鬥 / 巷 -> 己) 閨 閩 閪	闺^SC (=閨) 闻^SC (=聞 -> 耳) 闼^SC (=闥) 闽^SC (=閩) 闾^SC (=閭) 闿^SC (=闓) 阀^SC (=閥) 阁^SC (=閣) 阂^SC (=閡)
+7	閫 閬 閭 閮 閯 閰 閱 閲^JP/HK/GB TC (=閱) 閳 (=闡) 閴	阃^SC (=閫) 阄^SC (=鬮 -> 鬥) 阅^SC (=閱) 阆^SC (=閬)
+8	閵 閶 閸 閹 閺 閻 閼 閽 閾 閿 闀 闁 (=褒 -> 衣) 闂	阇^SC (=闍) 阈^SC (=閾) 阉^SC (=閹) 阊^SC (=閶) 阋^SC (=鬩 -> 鬥) 阌^SC (=閿) 阍^SC (=閽) 阎^SC (=閻) 阏^SC (=閼) 阐^SC (=闡)
+9	閷 (=殺 -> 殳) 闃 闄 闅 闆 闇 闈 闉 闊 闋 闌 闍 闎 闏	阑^SC (=闌) 阒^SC (=闃) 阓^SC (=闠) 阔^SC (=闊) 阕^SC (=闋)
+10	闐 闑 闒 闓 闔 闕 闖 闗 (=關) 闘^JP (=鬥 -> 鬥)	阖^SC (=闔) 阗^SC (=闐) 阘^SC (=闒) 阙^SC (=闕)
+11	闙 闚 闛 關 闝 阚^SC (=闞)
+12	闞 闟 闠 闡
+13	闢 闣 闤 闥 闦 阛^SC (=闤)
+14	闧

Further information: wikt:Appendix:Chinese radical/門

Sinogram

Alone it is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a second grade kanji.^[1]

References

1. "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+9580