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閘 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「門」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「門」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
ひのくちhinokuchi
Meaning
a water gate; a lock

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Gate 門 with 甲, a shell, as phonetic: the gate that dams water and lets it through.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 閘門こうもん

    a lock; a sluice gate

  • 水門すいもん

    a floodgate

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

閘門(こうもん)を開(ひら)いて船(ふね)を通(とお)す。

They open the lock and let the boat through.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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