閘 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「門」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「門」
- On
- コウ
- Kun
- ひのくち
- Meaning
- a water gate; a lock
Origin
Gate 門 with 甲, a shell, as phonetic: the gate that dams water and lets it through.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 閘門こうもん
a lock; a sluice gate
- 水門すいもん
a floodgate
Example
閘門を開いて船を通す。
They open the lock and let the boat through.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)