The kanji 門: meaning, readings and stroke order

門

Meaning: gate
On reading: モン mon
Kun reading: かど kado
Strokes: 8
Radical: 門 gate
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cổng (môn)
Japanese: もん。
Korean: 대문 (문)
Chinese: 大门 (门)

Readings, words and example sentences

モン mon · on reading

校こう門もん
school gate
校こう門もんの前で会いましょう。
Let's meet in front of the school gate.

かど kado · kun reading · less common

門かど出で
setting out, fresh start
新しい 門かど出でをいわいます。
We celebrate a new start.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.