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.

• 闭bì🔊

  to close

  HSK 6

  11 strokes

• 阉yān🔊

  to castrate

  11 strokes

• 闫Yán🔊

  surname Yan

  11 strokes

• 閇bì🔊

  old variant of 閉|闭[bi4]

  11 strokes

• 闬hàn🔊

  gate of a village

  11 strokes

• 阇dū🔊

  defensive platform over gate

  11 strokes

• 阈yù🔊

  threshold

  11 strokes

• 阊chāng🔊

  gate of heaven

  11 strokes

• 阋xì🔊

  to argue

  11 strokes

• 阌wén🔊

  wen xiang, Henan province

  11 strokes

• 阍hūn🔊

  doorkeeper

  11 strokes

• 阎yán🔊

  (literary) the gate of a lane

  11 strokes

• 阏yān🔊

  used in 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]

  11 strokes

• 阐chǎn🔊

  to express

  11 strokes

• 开kāi🔊

  to open (transitive or intransitive)

  HSK 1

  12 strokes

• 间jiān🔊

  between

  HSK 1

  12 strokes

• 阑lán🔊

  railing

  12 strokes

• 闲xián🔊

  enclosure

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 闶kāng🔊

  used in 閌閬|闶阆[kang1 lang2]

  12 strokes

• 闳hóng🔊

  big

  12 strokes

• 闰rùn🔊

  intercalary

  12 strokes

• 闵mǐn🔊

  old variant of 憫|悯[min3]

  12 strokes

• 阒qù🔊

  quiet

  12 strokes

• 阓huì🔊

  gate of market

  12 strokes

• 阔kuò🔊

  rich

  HSK 6

  12 strokes

• 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

• 闸zhá🔊

  sluice; sluice gate

  HSK 7

  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

• 闽Mǐn🔊

  short name for Fujian 福建[Fu2 jian4]

  14 strokes

• 阀fá🔊

  powerful individual, family or group

  14 strokes

• 䦕pēng🔊

  variant of 閛[peng1]

  14 strokes

• 阂hé🔊

  obstruct

  14 strokes

• 関guān🔊

  variant of 關|关[guan1]

  14 strokes

• 阁gé🔊

  pavilion (usu. two-storied)

  14 strokes

• 闺guī🔊

  small arched door

  14 strokes

• 闾lǘ🔊

  gate of a village

  14 strokes

• 阚kàn🔊

  to glance

  14 strokes

• 阃kǔn🔊

  threshold

  15 strokes

• 阆làng🔊

  (literary) vast; spacious

  15 strokes

• 阅yuè🔊

  to inspect

  15 strokes

• 閳chǎn🔊

  old variant of 闡|阐[chan3]

  15 strokes

• 閺wén🔊

  to look down

  16 strokes