The Chinese Radical: 门


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gate    门

Explanation Simplified from 門, which shows a gate with two wings.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
many, plural marker for persons
men
Left: person , right: gate /門
(A single door is not enough.) For the persons you need a gate, if they are many.
JLPT HSK 2
gate, door
mén
This character was simplified from 門
Image of a gate
JLPT HSK 2
between, among, to separate
jiān, jiàn
Outside: gate /門, inside: sun
The gate 門 has two wings (with a gap) and the sun shines between.
JLPT HSK 2
to ask, to inquire after
wèn
Outside: gate /門, below: mouth
The mouth at the gate is asking.
JLPT HSK 3
simple, uncomplicated, letter (=formerly bamboo strips)
jiǎn
Top: bamboo , below: gap/space /間 (The sun shines though the gate /門 due to a gap.)
(With a fence, it is time-consuming to cut the elements to fit precisely and without gaps). If you build bamboo on a gap (= with spaces in between), you make it very simple.
JLPT HSK 3
to hear, well-known, famous, to smell or sniff
wén
Outside: gate / 門, inside: ear
You put your ear to the gate to hear and smell.
JLPT HSK 4
noisy, cacophonous, to make noise, to fall ill
nào
Outside: gate / 門, inside: city, market (You will get covers and cloth in the city on the market.)
Inside the gates of the city: it is noisy.
JLPT HSK 4
to inspect/review (troops), to peruse, to read
yuè
Outside: gate / 門, inside: money transfer (Going out from my elder brother money transactions take place.) [brother = big mouth on legs ]
At the gate you need to pay and are inspected. OR: At the gate my older brother has to raise his arms and is inspected.
JLPT HSK 5
to close, stop up, shut, obstruct

Outside: gate / 門, inside: talent/years of age (If the big man balances on one foot, he is talented, but here: he kicks) [Or: key in a keyhole ナ]
The person kicks against the gate, because it is closed.
JLPT HSK 5
smooth, lubricate, moist
rùn
Left: water , right: 闰 (gate /門 and king )
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.
JLPT HSK 5
leisure, free time, unoccupied, not busy
xián
Outside: gate / 門, inside: tree
Through the gate out to the trees, when you are at leisure.
JLPT HSK 5
to dash, to rush, charge, to break through
chuǎng
Outside: gate / 門, inside: horse /馬
Through the gate the horses are dashing away.
JLPT HSK 5
spark, flickering, flash, lightning, to sprain
shǎn
Outside: gate / 門, inside: person
When the person (jumped) through the gate, it happened quickly like a flash, and he sprained.
JLPT HSK 6
stuffy, depressed, melancholy, bored
mēn, mèn
Outside: gate / 門, inside: heart
The gate limits the heart: That's stuffy and you get depressed.
JLPT HSK 6
to disclose, express, to enlighten, clarify
chǎn
Outside: gate / 門, inside: single, merely (It shines the sun in a group of ten [with nine planets, including Pluto] as the single one.)
The reason why he was at the gate as a single, he had to disclose (to the guard).
JLPT HSK 6
to place, to put aside, to shelve

Left: hand , right: pavilion (Behind the gate everybody has his pavilion.)
By hand they direct you in the pavilion to: your place.
JLPT HSK 6
rich, wide, vast, broad, expansive
kuò
Outside: gate / 門, inside: life, activity 活 (= water on the tongue )
When I leave out of the gate, I get activity in a rich vast way.
JLPT HSK 6
to obstruct, be blocked

Outside: gate / 門, inside: (zodiac) pig
If the pigs are within the gate, they form an obstruction.
JLPT no HSK
clique, faction, valve (loanword)

Outside: gate / 門, inside: to cut down, fell 伐 (A person with a halberd is cutting down.)
It's like a gate with a guarding person (person with a halberd): the valve.
JLPT no HSK
swelling water, overflowing
lán
Left: water , right: railing, balustrade (At the gate /門 is made of wood with handles : a railing)
The water at the balustrade is: a swelling water.
JLPT no HSK
gate to a lane / community
yán
Outside: gate / 門, inside: pitfall (falling person over a pit trap , but here: as a lane with houses on both sides E )
Through this gate the person comes to the residential street: The entrance gate.
JLPT no HSK
to sympathize, to pity, to feel compassion for
mǐn
Left: feeling , right: (gate /門, text/language )
(He is in the pillory) The feeling when his name is on the gate is to: sympathize.
JLPT no HSK
to be skilled at, refined, elegant
xián
Left: woman , right: leasure, free time 闲 (Through the gate /門 out to the trees , when you are at leisure)
(With experience, the work goes faster) If the woman wants free time, she has to be skilled.
JLPT no HSK
gear, brake, sluice, electric switch
zhá
Outside: gate /門, inside: armor, shield (The seedling cracks its shell/husk )
(It can be open or closed) The gate is like a switchable shielding, switchable just like: the gear of a gearbox.
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Fujian 福建 province in the Min dynasty
mǐn
Outside: gate /門, inside: insect
An insect at the gate stands for the Fujian-province.
JLPT no HSK
lady's chamber, boudoir, small arched door
guī
Outside: gate /門, inside: piled earth (Together with person / this means: 'beautiful' 佳 (The person strutting on the mounded street 街 is beautiful 佳)
Behind the gate is for the 'beautiful', the: lady's chamber.
JLPT no HSK
fault, deficiency, mistake
quē, què
Outside: gate / 門, inside: disobedient (A plant's shoot that grows crooked has a lack and is disobediant.)
(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.
JLPT no HSK
(Family name) Min
mǐn
Outside: gate /門, inside: text/language
At the gate a text at family: Min.
JLPT no HSK
railing, balustrade, door-screen, exhausted, late
lán
Outside: gate / 門, inside: card, letter (The bundle with two wrapped items as a: notice or letter.), but here: tree with central handles
At the gate is made of wood with handles: a railing.
JLPT no HSK
to castrate, a castrate, neuter
yān
Outside: gate /門, inside: suddenly (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big electricity comes suddenly.) [electricity = field with lightning arrester ]
(Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate.
JLPT no HSK
pavilion (usu. two-storied), cabinet (politics), rack, shelf

Outside: gate / 門, inside: every (Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.)
Behind the gate everybody has a pavilion.
JLPT no HSK
palm tree

Left: tree , right: 闾 (gate /門 und pitchpipe here: 2 jujube/dates)
The tree at the gate with the 2 jujubes: The palm.
JLPT no HSK
multi-colored, brightly colored, gorgeous
lán
Left: Variation of text/language , right: railing, balustrade (At the gate /門 is made of wood with handles : a railing.)
The texts at the gate in the east 东/ are colorful and gorgeous.

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