The Japanese Radical: 門


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gate    門

Explanation The radical mon is the picture of a gate.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 5Joyo 2
space, gap
aida, ma, KAN, KEN
Combines gate and sun
At the gate, the sun shines through: the gap (space).  
JLPT 5Joyo 2
hear, listen, ask
kiku, BUN, MON
A gate with a ear
The ear (directly) at the gate for (better) hearing.  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
Gate, (door)
kado, MON
Looks like two mirrored doors:
Two wings of a gate.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
open
hiraku, akeru, KAI
Outside: gate , inside: image of a toori , which is the entrance gate =とりい of a Shintō-shrine - both are symbols for being open
A "toori"-gate is (always) open.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
ask
tou, MON
Outside: Gate , inner: mouth
The mouth at the gate is asking.  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
checkpoint, barrier, connection, related
seki, KAN
Outside: gate , inside: a border guard (= barrier with two barrier bars and a person with upraised arms )
The gate is blocked with two bars and the alarmed guard at: the checkpoint.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
cabinet, chamber, tower
KAKU
Outside: gate , inside: each/every (With crossed legs on a cushion sits everybody.)
With a gate that is (open) for everybody: The cabinet.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
simple, easy, brief
KAN
Top: bamboo , below: space, gap (At the gate , the sun shines through to the space/gap.)
If you build with bamboo on gap, you make it yourself very easy.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
close, shut
tojiru, shimaru/meru, HEI
Outside: gate , inside: talent/years of age (If the big man balances on one foot, he is talented, but here he kicks), or: key into keyhole ナ
The person is kicking against the gate, because it is closed.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
inspection, review, examination
ETSU
Outside: gate , inside: 兑 (elder brother [= A big mouth on legs ] with arms raised high)
In the gate is my older brother with raised arms, in an inspection.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
leisure, unhurried, quiet, calm
KAN
Outside: gate , inside: tree
Out of the gate and to the tree: to enjoy leisure.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
wet, profit, enrich, moisten
uruou/su, JUN
Left: water , right: gate & king
(A drinking water pipe to his palace?) If the water is at the gate, the king can get wet, and thereby: profit.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fight, struggle, war
tatakau,
Outside: gate , inside: beans (Here: as bullets) & skillful hand
We are at the gate with bullets and skillful hands: Ready for the fight!  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
Clan, faction, clique, lineage, pedigree
BATSU
Top: gate , bottom: attack (The person with the halberd attacks)
Symbolized by a gate and a person with a halberd: That's our clan.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
handle, grip, crank, knob, pattern
gara, e, HEI
Left: tree , right: number 3: (one [Here: handle], inside [Here: simplification of gate )
Made of wood, a handle for a gate. This handle.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
handrail, column (of text), section
RAN
Left: tree , right: gate , below: east
The tree at the eastern gate becomes a handrail.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
dark, darkness
yami,
Outside: gate , inside: sound (Stand up into the day with music [of the clock radio?]), (cf. )
The gate stands in front of the sun and causes darkness (behind it).  

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