The radical 門 (mén) means “gate” and is used as a graphical component of Chinese characters.
Written variants: 门.
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Characters with radical
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门
(n.) door, gate; switch, valve; hole (in human body); way to do things; (biology) phylum | (m.) measure word for subjects of study, branches of science, marriage, relatives, artillery, etc. | (radical.) gate | (char.) family; school (of thought), (religious) sect; teacher's entrance hall; category
问
(v./prep.) ask; inquire after; interrogate; hold responsible; care, bother; consult; to; from
闯
(v.) rush; temper oneself; stir up, cause (trouble)
闻
(v.) to smell | (char.) to hear; news, story; reputation; well-known
间
(n./m.) space between; (within) a definite time or place; room; measure word for the smallest units of rooms, houses, etc | (char.) opening, gap; separate, keep apart; sow discord | (v.) to thin out
闹
(adj./v.) noisy; make a noise; disturb; give vent (to one's feelings); suffer from; tease; do, make
阅
(v.) to read; to inspect; to experience
闭
(v.) to close; to end | (v.) to block, to obstruct
闲
(adj.) idle, not busy; not in use | (char.) spare time; unimportant, irrelevant
闪
(v.) flash; dodge; (of the body) sway dramatically; (dialect) leave behind | (n./v.) lightning; to sprain or strain; to appear suddenly
阐
(char.) explain, illustrate, expound
阂
(char.) not communicate with, cut off from, obstruct
阔
(adj.) broad, wide; rich; empty, impractical
间
(n./m.) space between; (within) a definite time or place; room; measure word for the smallest units of rooms, houses, etc | (char.) opening, gap; separate, keep apart; sow discord | (v.) to thin out
辟
(v.) renounce, disprove; open up (territory), to break (ground) | (char.) (lit.) fight, ward off; (of a monarch) summon and appoint (to an official post); sovereign | (char.) incisive, penetrating; (lit.) law
闹
(adj./v.) noisy; make a noise; disturb; give vent (to one's feelings); suffer from; tease; do, make
阀
(n.) (mechanism) valve; powerful family (feudal times), powerful person or group
阁
(n.) pavilion; cabin; (in old times) woman's chamber; shelf, rack; cabinet
闺
(char.) girl's room; arch-topped door
阎
(n.) Yan (Chinese family name, sometimes written as 闫); (lit.) gate of a lane
辟
(literary) king; monarch | (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service | (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) | (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4])
闩
bolt | latch | to bolt | to latch
闫
surname Yan
闶
used in 閌閬|闶阆[kang1 lang2] | Taiwan pr. [kang4]
闳
surname Hong
闰
intercalary | an extra day or month inserted into the lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)
閒
variant of 間|间[jian1]
閒
variant of 間|间[jian4]
闵
surname Min
闽
short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4] | also pr. [Min2]