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門 kanji
gate, counter for cannons
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
モン
Kun readings
かどと
Words with 門
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —前門front gate
- —僧門priesthood; Buddhism
- —東門eastern gate
- —同門fellow student
- —南門south gate
- —破門expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
- —表門front gate
- —武門military family; warrior class
- —仏門Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhism; Buddhist priesthood; Buddhist temple
- —北門north gate
- —門限closing time; lockup; curfew
- —門歯incisor
- —門地degree; lineage
- —門弟disciple; pupil; follower
- —門徒follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
- —門閥lineage; pedigree; good family
- —門番gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
- —幽門pylorus; opening of stomach into duodenum
- —楼門two-storied gate; tower gate
- —肛門anus
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