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.

• 间jiān🔊

  between

  HSK 1

  7 strokes

• 闷mèn🔊

  bored

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 闲xián🔊

  enclosure

  HSK 5

  7 strokes

• 闱wéi🔊

  door to women's room

  7 strokes

• 闰rùn🔊

  intercalary

  7 strokes

• 闳hóng🔊

  big

  7 strokes

• 闵mǐn🔊

  old variant of 憫|悯[min3]

  7 strokes

• 闶kāng🔊

  used in 閌閬|闶阆[kang1 lang2]

  7 strokes

• 门mén🔊

  gate

  HSK 1

  8 strokes

• 闹nào🔊

  noisy

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 闸zhá🔊

  sluice; sluice gate

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 闻wén🔊

  to hear

  HSK 2

  9 strokes

• 闽Mǐn🔊

  short name for Fujian 福建[Fu2 jian4]

  9 strokes

• 阀fá🔊

  powerful individual, family or group

  9 strokes

• 闩shuān🔊

  bolt

  9 strokes

• 闺guī🔊

  small arched door

  9 strokes

• 闼tà🔊

  door of an inner room

  9 strokes

• 闾lǘ🔊

  gate of a village

  9 strokes

• 闿kǎi🔊

  to loosen

  9 strokes

• 阁gé🔊

  pavilion (usu. two-storied)

  9 strokes

• 阂hé🔊

  obstruct

  9 strokes

• 𬮤gé🔊

  side door

  9 strokes

• 闪shǎn🔊

  to dodge

  HSK 4

  10 strokes

• 阃kǔn🔊

  threshold

  10 strokes

• 阄jiū🔊

  lots (to be drawn)

  10 strokes

• 阅yuè🔊

  to inspect

  10 strokes

• 阆làng🔊

  (literary) vast; spacious

  10 strokes