Historical Evolution
門
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
门 / 門 [Mén]
surname Men
门 / 門 [mén]
gate; door; CL:扇[shàn]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[gè]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
門 かど
Kado surname
門 と
To surname
門 まもる
Mamoru unclassified name
門 もん
Mon surname
門 ゆき
Yuki surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
部门 [bùmén] #1,747
department
专门 [zhuānmén] #3,024
specialist
开门 [kāimén] #1,947
to open a door (lit. and fig.)
出门 [chūmén] #3,314
to go out
厦门 [Xiàmén] #52,370
Xiamen or Amoy, subprovincial city in Fujian, abbr. 廈|厦[Xià]
大门 [Dàmén] #3,495
the Doors, US rock band
关门 [guānmén] #2,714
to close a door
门口 [ménkǒu] #2,759
doorway
门票 [ménpiào] #5,232
ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
上门 [shàngmén] #4,426
to drop in
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 専門 [せんもん] #2,981
speciality
⭐ 戸 [と] #3,806
door (esp. Japanese-style)
⭐ 専門家 [せんもんか] #6,523
specialist
⭐ 学問 [がくもん] #7,031
study
⭐ 帝 [みかど] #8,523
emperor (of Japan)
⭐ 校門 [こうもん] #8,759
school gate
門番 [もんばん] #9,305
gatekeeper
⭐ 正門 [せいもん] #9,472
main gate
⭐ 部門 [ぶもん] #10,762
division (of a larger group)
⭐ 名門 [めいもん] #11,748
noted family
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