戸

と · to · JLPT N5 · noun

door

🚪 to sounds like the 'to' in 'go to' — a door is what you go to and through

戸 began as a drawing of a single door leaf — one half of 門 (gate), which is two leaves side by side. So 戸 = half a gate = one sliding door panel. It also counts households: one door, one home.

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