The Chinese Radical: 門


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Meaning
gate    門

Explanation Typically simplified to: 门

Used in these characters:
们
JLPT HSK 1
many, plural marker for persons
men
亻 門
Left: person 亻, right: gate 门/門
(Only one single door is not enough.) For the persons you need a gate, if they are many.  
门
JLPT HSK 2
gate, door
mén
門
This character was simplified from 門
Image of a gate  
间
JLPT HSK 2
between, among, to separate
jiān, jiàn
间 門 日
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: sun 日
The gate 門 has two wings (with a gap) and the sun shines between.  
问
JLPT HSK 2
to ask, to inquire after
wèn
門 口
Outside: gate 门/門, below: mouth 口
The mouth at the gate is asking.  
简
JLPT HSK 3
simple, uncomplicated, letter (=formerly bamboo strips)
jiǎn
竹 间 門
Top: bamboo 竹, below: gap/space 间/間 (The sun 日 shines though the gate 门/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.  
闻
JLPT HSK 3
to hear, well-known, famous, to smell or sniff
wén
門 耳
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: ear 耳
You put your ear to the gate to hear and smell.  
闹
JLPT HSK 4
noisy, cacophonous, to make noise, to fall ill
nào
門 市
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: city, market 市 (You will get covers 亠 and cloth 巾 in the city on the market.)
Inside the gates of the city: it is noisy.  
阅
JLPT HSK 4
to inspect/review (troops), to peruse, to read
yuè
門 兑
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 money transactions take place.) [brother 兄 = big mouth 口 on legs 儿]
At the gate you need to pay and are inspected. OR: At the gate 门 my older brother 兄 has to raise his arms 丷 and is inspected.  
闭
JLPT HSK 5
to close, stop up, shut, obstruct
bì
門 才
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: talent/years of age 才 (If the big man 大 balances on one foot, he is talented, but here: he kicks) [Or: a key ノ in a keyhole ナ]
The person kicks the gate, because it is closed.  
润
JLPT HSK 5
smooth, lubricate, moist
rùn
氵 門 王
Left: water 氵, right: 闰 (gate 门/門 and king 王)
(A dry bearing can be stiff.) With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.  
闲
JLPT HSK 5
leisure, free time, unoccupied, not busy
xián
門 木
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: tree 木
Through the gate out to the trees, when you are at leisure.  
闯
JLPT HSK 5
to dash, to rush, charge, to break through
chuǎng
門 馬
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: horse 马/馬
Through the gate the horses are dashing away.  
闪
JLPT HSK 5
spark, flickering, flash, lightning, to sprain
shǎn
門 人
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: person 人
When the person (jumped) through the gate, it happened quickly like a flash, and he sprained.  
闷
JLPT HSK 6
stuffy, depressed, melancholy, bored
mēn, mèn
門 心
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: heart 心
The gate limits the heart: That's stuffy and you get depressed.  
阐
JLPT HSK 6
to disclose, express, to enlighten, clarify
chǎn
門 单
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: single, merely 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [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).  
搁
JLPT HSK 6
to place, to put aside, to shelve
gē
扌 門 各
Left: hand 扌, right: pavilion 阁 (Behind the gate 门 everybody 各 has his pavilion.)
By hand they direct you in the pavilion to: your place.  
阔
JLPT HSK 6
rich, wide, vast, broad, expansive
kuò
門 氵 舌
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: life, activity 活 (= water 氵on the tongue 舌)
When I leave out of the gate, I get activity in a rich vast way.  
阂
JLPT HSK 6
to obstruct, be blocked
hé
門 亥
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: (zodiac) pig 亥
If the pigs are within the gate, they form an obstruction.  
阀
JLPT no HSK
clique, faction, valve (loanword)
fá
門 亻 戈
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: to cut down, fell 伐 (A person 亻with a halberd 戈 is cutting down.)
It's like a gate with a guard (= a person with a halberd): the valve.  
澜
JLPT no HSK
swelling water, overflowing
lán
氵 門 柬
Left: water 氵, right: railing, balustrade 阑 (At the gate 门/門 is made of wood 木 with handles 日: a railing)
The water at the balustrade is: a swelling water.  
阎
JLPT no HSK
gate to a lane / community
yán
門 臽 臼
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ into a pit trap 臼, but here: 臼 as a lane with houses on both sides E 彐)
Through this gate the person comes to the residential street: The entrance gate.  
悯
JLPT no HSK
to sympathize, to pity, to feel compassion for
mǐn
忄 門 文
Left: feeling 忄, right: 闵 (gate 门/門, text/language 文)
(He is in the pillory) The feeling when his name is on the gate is to: sympathize.  
娴
JLPT no HSK
to be skilled at, refined, elegant
xián
女 門
Left: woman 女, right: leasure, free time 闲 (Through the gate 门/門 out to the trees 木, when you are at leisure)
(With experience, the work goes faster) If the woman wants free time, she has to be skilled.  
闸
JLPT no HSK
gear, brake, sluice, electric switch
zhá
門 甲
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: armor, shield 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shield/husk 田)
(It can be open or closed) The gate is like a switchable shielding, switchable just like: the gear of a gearbox.  
闽
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Fujian 福建 province in the Min dynasty
mǐn
門 虫
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: insect 虫
An insect at the gate stands for the Fujian-province.  
闺
JLPT no HSK
lady's chamber, boudoir, small arched door
guī
門 圭
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: piled earth 圭 (Together with person 亻/人 this means: 'beautiful' 佳 (The person strutting 行 on the mounded street 街 is beautiful 佳)
Behind the gate is for the 'beautiful', the: lady's chamber.  
阙
JLPT no HSK
fault, deficiency, mistake
quē, què
門 屰 欠 屮
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: disobedient 屰 (A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked has a lack 欠 and is disobedient.)
(The door is stuck) The gate is 'disobedient': It has a fault.  
闵
JLPT no HSK
(Family name) Min
mǐn
門 文
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: text/language 文
At the gate a text at family: Min.  
阑
JLPT no HSK
railing, balustrade, door-screen, exhausted, late
lán
門 柬
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: card, letter 柬 (The bundle 束 with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter.), but here: tree 木 with central handles 日
At the gate is made of wood with handles: a railing.  
阉
JLPT no HSK
to castrate, a castrate, neuter
yān
門 奄 电 乚
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: suddenly 奄 (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]
(Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate.  
阁
JLPT no HSK
pavilion (usu. two-storied), cabinet (politics), rack, shelf
gé
門 各
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
Behind the gate everybody has a pavilion.  
榈
JLPT no HSK
palm tree
lǘ
木 門 吕
Left: tree 木, right: 闾 (gate 门/門 and pitchpipe 吕 here: 2 jujube/dates)
The tree at the gate with the 2 jujubes: The palm.  
斓
JLPT no HSK
multi-colored, brightly colored, gorgeous
lán
文 門 柬
Left: Variation of text/language 文, right: railing, balustrade 阑 (At the gate 门/門 is made of wood 木 with handles 日: a railing.)
The texts at the gate in the east 东/東 are colorful and gorgeous.  

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