門
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mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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8Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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門Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 門

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Example sentences

Notice where 門 sits in each complete thought.

Děng děng, yǒu rén zài qiāo wǒ de mén.等等,有人在敲我的門。

Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.

Source: Tatoeba #488389 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài mén kǒu de zì xíng jū shì wǒ de.在門口的自行車是我的。

The bicycle by the door is mine.

Source: Tatoeba #900650 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Qián mén yǒu rén, nǐ qù kàn kàn shì shuí.前門有人,你去看看是誰。

Someone is at the front door. Go and see who it is.

Source: Tatoeba #349713 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì wǒ bù mén de zhǔ guǎn.他是我部門的主管。

He is the chief of my department.

Source: Tatoeba #882509 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ zuì hǎo bú yào chū mén.你最好不要出門。

You'd better not go out.

Source: Tatoeba #838569 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ jīn tiān zuì hǎo bú yào chū mén.你今天最好不要出門。

You'd better not go out today.

Source: Tatoeba #907252 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 門 in context

  1. Say mén, then recall the core meaning: gate, door, entrance, opening.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 門 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.