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gate 門
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| Explanation |
The radical mon is the picture of a gate.
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間
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| space, gap
aida, ma, KAN, KEN
門
日
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Combines gate 門 and sun 日
The gate has two wings and the sun shines through: the gap (space).
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聞
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| hear, listen, ask
kiku, BUN, MON
門
耳
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A gate 門 with a ear 耳
The ear (directly) at the gate for (better) hearing.
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門
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| Gate, (door)
kado, MON
門
戸
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Looks like two mirrored doors: 戸
Two wings of a gate.
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開
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| open
hiraku, akeru, KAI
門
开
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Outside: gate 門, inside: image of a toori 开, which is the entrance gate 鳥居 =とりい of a Shintō-shrine - both are symbols for being open
A "toori"-gate is (always) open.
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問
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JLPT 4Joyo 3 |
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| ask
tou, MON
門
口
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Outside: gate 門, inner: mouth 口
The mouth at the gate is asking.
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関
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| checkpoint, barrier, connection, related
seki, KAN
門
丷
龹
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Outside: gate 門, inside: a border guard 龹 (= barrier with two 二 barrier bars and a person 人 with upraised arms 丷)
The gate is blocked with two bars and by the alarmed guard at: the checkpoint.
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閣
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JLPT 1Joyo 6 |
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| cabinet, chamber, tower
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Outside: gate 門, inside: each/every 各 (With crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 sits everybody.)
With a gate that is (open) for everybody: The cabinet.
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簡
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| simple, easy, brief
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Top: bamboo 竹, below: space, gap 間 (At the gate 門, the sun 日 shines through to the space/gap.)
If you build using bamboo with gaps, you make it yourself very easy.
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閉
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JLPT 2Joyo 6 |
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| close, shut
tojiru, shimaru/meru, HEI
門
才
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Outside: gate 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 into keyhole ナ
The person is kicking against the gate, because it is closed.
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閲
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| inspection, review, examination
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Outside: gate 門, inside: 兑 (elder brother 兄 [= A big mouth 口 on legs 儿] with arms 丷 raised high)
At the gate is my older brother with raised arms, in an inspection.
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閑
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| leisure, unhurried, quiet, calm
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Outside: gate 門, inside: tree 木
Out of the gate and to the tree: to enjoy leisure.
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潤
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| wet, profit, enrich, moisten
uruou/su, JUN
氵
門
王
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Left: water 氵, right: gate 門 & king 王
(A drinking water pipe to his palace?) If the water is at the gate, the king can get wet, and thereby will: profit.
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闘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| fight, struggle, war
tatakau, TŌ
門
豆
寸
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Outside: gate 門, inside: beans 豆 (Here: 豆 as bullets) & skillful hand 寸
We are at the gate with bullets and skillful hands: Ready for the fight!
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閥
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| Clan, faction, clique, lineage, pedigree
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Top: gate 門, bottom: attack 伐 (The person 人 with the halberd 戈 attacks)
Symbolized by a gate and a person with a halberd: That's our clan.
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柄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| handle, grip, crank, knob, pattern
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Left: tree 木, right: number 3: 丙 (one 一 [Here: handle], inside 内 [Here: simplification of gate 門)
Made of wood, a handle for a gate. This handle.
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欄
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| handrail, column (of text), section
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Left: tree 木, right: gate 門, below: east 東
The tree at the eastern gate becomes a handrail.
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闇
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| dark, darkness
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Outside: gate 門, inside: sound 音 (Stand up 立 into the day 日 with music [of the clock radio?]), (cf.暗)
The gate stands 立 in front of the sun 日 and causes darkness (behind it).
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List of the radicals
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