门诊
ménzhěn · HSK 5
outpatient service
🏥 门 (door) + 诊 (diagnose) = clinic door where you walk in for a check-up
门 means door or gate; 诊 means to examine or diagnose. Together: the door you walk through for a diagnosis — i.e. outpatient service, where patients come and go rather than stay overnight.
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.