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mén

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mén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mén | men2
English translation
gate, door, entrance, opening

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About mén

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Number of strokes

8

Radical frequency

246

Traditional form

mén

Contains the radical

mén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

An open doorway or gate

Etymology of mén

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

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Explanation

Simplified form of mén . Pictograph of a gate.

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Words with mén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Mén gate mén
部门 bùmén department部門
专门 zhuānmén specialist專門
开门 kāi mén to open for business開門
出门 chū mén to go out出門
厦门 Xià mén Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. shà | Xià [Xià]廈門
大门 Dà mén entrance大門
关门 guān mén to close a door關門
门口 mén kǒu doorway門口
门票 mén piào ticket (for theater, cinema etc)門票
上门 shàng mén to drop in上門
阿门 ā mén amen (loanword)阿門
门前 mén qián in front of the door門前
敲门 qiāo mén to knock on a door敲門
后门 hòu mén anus後門
热门 rèmén popular熱門
家门 jiā mén house door家門
澳门 Aò mén Macao澳門
射门 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal射門
前门 Qián mén front door前門
门诊 mén zhěn outpatient service門診
车门 chē mén car door車門
门槛 mén kǎn doorstep門檻
门锁 mén suǒ door lock門鎖

mén Decomposition & Compounds

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