扉

Southleigh Church, Devon
Originally uploaded by focalplane.

A Set of Doors

• vrata (plural: vrata)
  

扉（とびら）
tobira

扉

戸　＋ 　非　＝　扉

扉 originally meant a set of doors. A door itself is 戸.
However, 扉 can be any kind of door(s) in a broad sense nowadays.

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Radical : 戸
Stroke Count: 12
音：ヒ
訓：とびら
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間

Forest Lawn Gates
Originally uploaded by eppic.

Between, during, while

• između, za vrijeme, tijekom

間（あいだ）
aida

一（イチ）年（ネン）間（カン） - for a year
ichi nen kan

間

See 日、月、門

• It is said that 日 of 間 was originally 月, and it indicates the moon seen between the two doors of 門 (gates).

-Možeš vidjeti mjesec između vrata.
-mon no aida ni tsuki ga mie masu.
-門の間に月が見えます。
-[You] can see the moon through the gates.

-Koza spava između krave i ovce.
-ushi to hitsuji no aida ni yagi ga nete imasu.
-牛と羊の間にヤギが寝ています。
-A goat is sleeping/lying between a cow and sheep.

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Radical : 門
Stroke Count: 12
音：カン・ケン
訓：あいだ・ま
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聞

Closing The Gates
Originally uploaded by Ya Ya.

Listen/Hear

• slušati, čuti

聞（き）く -listen, hear, ask [to hear the answer]
kiku

新（シン）聞（ブン） - newspaper
shinbun

• 門 indicates something closed, or something you don't understand. Imagine that something is happening behind the gates, and you can't see it but can hear it. Or rather, you try to listen to find out what it is.
• Note that the lowest horizontal line of 耳 in 聞 is shorter than that from 耳(ear) alone. It stops at the vertical line.

See 耳、門、問


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Radical : 耳
Stroke Count: 14
音：ブン・モン
訓：き
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問

Peeking through the gate
Originally uploaded by Troy B Thompson.

To Ask About

• pitati, upitati

問（と）う
tou

質（シツ）問（モン） - a question [to ask]
shitsumon

問（モン）題（ダイ） - a question/problem [to solve]
mondai

問

See 口、門、聞

• 門 indicates something closed, or something you don't understand. Imagine that something is happening behind the gates, and you open your mouth (口) and ask about it.

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Radical : 口
Stroke Count: 11
音：モン
訓：と・とん
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門

Gate
Originally uploaded by jeffbomb.

Gate

• kapija, vrata
  

門（もん）
mon

門


See 問、聞、間、戸

門 makes the mon radical (もんがまえ).

閉 close
開 open

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Radical : 門
Stroke Count: 8
音：モン
訓：かど
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