• 185th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 239 words
  • Component in 144 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mén (Men2)surname Men
2. mén (men2)gate • door • CL:扇[shan4] • gateway • doorway • CL:個|个[ge4] • opening • valve • switch • way to do something • knack • family • house • (religious) sect • school (of thought) • class • category • phylum or division (taxonomy) • classifier for large guns • classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for mén (men2)The component is pronounced as 'mén' (men2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

出门 (出門)
大门 (大門)
家门 (家門)
专门 (專門)
厦门 (廈門)
敲门 (敲門)
澳门 (澳門)
热门 (熱門)
临门 (臨門)
部门 (部門)
 ()
门口 (門口)
开门 (開門)
开门红 (開門紅)
关门 (關門)
龙门 (龍門)

Medium Frequency

上门 (上門)
串门 (串門)
五花八门 (五花八門)
入门 (入門)
冷门 (冷門)
凯旋门 (凱旋門)
前门 (前門)
北门 (北門)
卡门 (卡門)
名门 (名門)
嗓门 (嗓門)
城门 (城門)
天安门 (天安門)
天门 (天門)
对门 (對門)
厦门市 (廈門市)
后门 (後門)
快门 (快門)
房门 (房門)
把门 (把門)
东直门 (東直門)
江门 (江門)
油门 (油門)
海门 (海門)
满门 (滿門)
登门 (登門)
破门 (破門)
窍门 (竅門)
肛门 (肛門)
脑门 (腦門)
荆门 (荊門)
虎门 (虎門)
西直门 (西直門)
西门 (西門)
西门子 (西門子)
豪门 (豪門)
车门 (車門)
进门 (進門)
过门 (過門)
远门 (遠門)
金门 (金門)
锁门 (鎖門)
门前 (門前)
门外 (門外)
门子 (門子)
门将 (門將)
门店 (門店)
门徒 (門徒)
门户 (門戶)
门槛 (門檻)
门派 (門派)
门牙 (門牙)
门神 (門神)
门票 (門票)
门卫 (門衛)
门诊 (門診)
门铃 (門鈴)
门锁 (門鎖)
门面 (門面)
闭门 (閉門)
阿门 (阿門)
鸿门宴 (鴻門宴)
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  • 1058th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 40 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Tu2)surname Tu
2. (tu2)disciple • apprentice • believer • on foot • bare or empty • to no avail • only • prison sentence

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

徒劳 (徒勞)
徒弟 
徒步 
歹徒 
异教徒 (異教徒)
门徒 (門徒)

Medium Frequency

使徒 
信徒 
叛徒 
司徒 
囚徒 
基督徒 
学徒 (學徒)
安徒生 
师徒 (師徒)
徒刑 
徒劳无功 (徒勞無功)
徒手 
徒然 
教徒 
暴徒 
圣徒 (聖徒)
赌徒 (賭徒)
高徒 
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.