门 — gate; door; doorway
gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening
- Pinyin
- mén · Mén
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Handwriting
- recognition only
This character has more than one reading — mén, Mén — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.
How to write 门: 3 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 门 in the HSK syllabus: 17
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 出门chūménto go out; to leave home; to go on a journeyHSK 2
- 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; openingHSK 2
- 门口ménkǒudoorway; gateHSK 2
- 门票ménpiàoticketHSK 2
- 部门bùméndepartment; branch; section; divisionHSK 4
- 上门shàngménto drop in; to visit; to lock a door; to closeHSK 4
- 专门zhuānménspecialized; dedicated; specially; specificallyHSK 4
- 门诊ménzhěnoutpatient serviceHSK 5
- 热门rèménpopular; hot; in vogueHSK 6
- 入门rùménentrance door; to enter a doorHSK 6
- 串门chuànménto call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's homeHSK 7–9
- 阀门fáménvalveHSK 7–9
- 冷门lěngména neglected branchHSK 7–9
- 门槛ménkǎndoorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trickHSK 7–9
- 门路ménluway of doing sth; the right social connectionHSK 7–9
- 窍门qiàoména trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knackHSK 7–9
- 五花八门wǔhuā-bāménmyriad; all kinds of; all sorts ofHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.