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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
- —潜り門small gate
- —御成門gate for important persons; gate of honor
- —十二門the twelve gates of Heian Palace
- —南大門main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
- —露地門gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
- —中門廊corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
- —応天門main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
- —普門品Avalokitesvara Sutra; Kannon Sutra
- —五門禅five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
- —一門会meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping; meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)
- —肝門脈hepatic portal vein
- —入門機entry-level machine
- —五念門five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
- —肛門弁anal valve; valvulae anales
- —勅使門imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
- —埋み門small gate in a mud or stone wall
- —専門紙specialist newspaper; trade journal; specialist journal
- —肛門腺anal gland
- —向唐門karamon gate with karahafu eaves at the front and back
- —入門者beginner; newcomer; novice; new pupil; new disciple
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