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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
- —門派division of a religious sect; branch of a school
- —門流branch of a school
- —菊門anus
- —港門entrance to a port; entrance to a harbour
- —拱門archway
- —禁門forbidden gate; heavily guarded gate; gate to the imperial palace; gate to the imperial court; imperial residence
- —肝門porta hepatis; hilum of the liver
- —照門rear sight (of a firearm)
- —法門Buddhist law; Buddhist teaching
- —郭門gate of a castle's outer enclosure; outer gate
- —凱旋門arch of triumph; triumphal arch
- —仁王門Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
- —専門語technical term; (specialist) terminology; jargon
- —専門章book in specialized field; book in specialised field
- —入場門admission gate
- —奉迎門welcome arch
- —裏鬼門unlucky quarter (southwest)
- —婆羅門Brahmin (highest caste in Hinduism; traditional occupation of priesthood); Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism
- —狭き門the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty; obstacle
- —門前町town originally built around a temple or shrine
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