gate

Origin & mnemonic

The gate radical derives from an ideographic representation of a gate or doorway in seal script, with two vertical strokes representing the two door panels and a horizontal stroke in the middle forming the frame.

Mnemonic: Picture the two vertical strokes as the door panels and the horizontal frame in the middle, and you'll remember this radical looks like a gate or doorway you walk through.

• 阕què🔊

  (literary) to end; to stop

  12 strokes

• 𬮱yīn🔊

  inner gates

  12 strokes

• 阙quē🔊

  used in place of 缺 (old)

  13 strokes

• 阖hé🔊

  door

  13 strokes

• 阗tián🔊

  fill up

  13 strokes

• 阘tà🔊

  door or window in an upper story

  13 strokes

• 𫔶niè🔊

  vertical divider of a door way

  13 strokes

• 合hé🔊

  variant of 合[he2]

  HSK 3

  14 strokes

• 䦕pēng🔊

  variant of 閛[peng1]

  14 strokes

• 関guān🔊

  variant of 關|关[guan1]

  14 strokes

• 阚kàn🔊

  to glance

  14 strokes

• 閳chǎn🔊

  old variant of 闡|阐[chan3]

  15 strokes

• 閺wén🔊

  to look down

  16 strokes

• 闁bāo🔊

  old variant of 褒[bao1]

  16 strokes

• 阛huán🔊

  wall around a market place

  16 strokes

• 板bǎn🔊

  used in 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]

  HSK 3

  17 strokes

• 闗guān🔊

  old variant of 關|关[guan1]

  18 strokes

• 关guān🔊

  mountain pass

  HSK 1

  19 strokes

• 辟pì🔊

  penal law

  21 strokes