The Chinese Radical: 门




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Meaning
gate    门

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

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
many, plural marker for persons
men
Left: person 亻, right: gate 门/門
(A single door is not enough.) For the persons you need a gate, if they are many.  
HSK 2
gate, door
mén
This character was simplified from 門
Image of a gate  
HSK 2
between, among, to separate
jiān, jiàn
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: sun 日
The gate 門 has two wings (with a gap) and the sun shines between.  
HSK 2
to ask, to inquire after
wèn
Outside: gate 门/門, below: mouth 口
The mouth at the gate is asking.  
HSK 3
simple, uncomplicated, letter (=formerly bamboo strips)
jiǎn
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.  
HSK 3
to hear, well-known, famous, to smell or sniff
wén
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: ear 耳
You put your ear to the gate to hear and smell.  
HSK 4
noisy, cacophonous, to make noise, to fall ill
nào
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.  
HSK 4
to inspect/review (troops), to peruse, to read
yuè
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.  
HSK 5
to close, stop up, shut, obstruct

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: key ノ in a keyhole ナ]
The person kicks against the gate, because it is closed.  
HSK 5
smooth, lubricate, moist
rùn
Left: water 氵, right: 闰 (gate 门/門 and king 王)
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.  
HSK 5
leisure, free time, unoccupied, not busy
xián
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: tree 木
Through the gate out to the trees, when you are at leisure.  
HSK 5
to dash, to rush, charge, to break through
chuǎng
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: horse 马/馬
Through the gate the horses are dashing away.  
HSK 5
spark, flickering, flash, lightning, to sprain
shǎn
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: person 人
When the person (jumped) through the gate, it happened quickly like a flash, and he sprained.  
HSK 6
stuffy, depressed, melancholy, bored
mēn, mèn
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: heart 心
The gate limits the heart: That's stuffy and you get depressed.  
HSK 6
to disclose, express, to enlighten, clarify
chǎn
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).  
HSK 6
to place, to put aside, to shelve

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.  
HSK 6
rich, wide, vast, broad, expansive
kuò
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.  
HSK 6
to obstruct, be blocked

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

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 guarding person (person with a halberd): the valve.  
no HSK
swelling water, overflowing
lán
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.  
no HSK
gate to a lane / community
yán
Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over 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.  
no HSK
to sympathize, to pity, to feel compassion for
mǐn
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.  
no HSK
to be skilled at, refined, elegant
xián
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.  
no HSK
gear, brake, sluice, electric switch
zhá
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: armor, shield 甲 (The seedling丨 cracks its shell/husk 田)
(It can be open or closed) The gate is like a switchable shielding, switchable just like: the gear of a gearbox.  
no HSK
abbr. for Fujian 福建 province in the Min dynasty
mǐn
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: insect 虫
An insect at the gate stands for the Fujian-province.  
no HSK
lady's chamber, boudoir, small arched door
guī
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.  
no HSK
fault, deficiency, mistake
quē, què
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.  
no HSK
(Family name) Min
mǐn
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: text/language 文
At the gate a text at family: Min.  
no HSK
railing, balustrade, door-screen, exhausted, late
lán
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.  
no HSK
to castrate, a castrate, neuter
yān
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.  
no HSK
pavilion (usu. two-storied), cabinet (politics), rack, shelf

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

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.  
no HSK
multi-colored, brightly colored, gorgeous
lán
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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