门
mén · HSK 1
gate
🚪 Pictograph of two swinging door panels hinged side by side
The character 门 is a stylized drawing of a double-leaf gate, with each vertical stroke standing for one swinging panel. Sound 'mén' rhymes with English 'men' — men walk through the gate.
门 — pictograph of double-leaf gate
门 is a pictograph showing a pair of swinging doors hung in a doorway, originally drawn as 門 in oracle-bone script with two clear leaves. The simplified form 门 keeps the same outline with fewer strokes. It still means 'gate' or 'door' and serves as a phonetic in characters like 们, 问, and 闷.