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Kanji Grade 2 - 門

Kanji character Grade 2 門. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 門
About
gate, counter for cannons
Kun: かど、 と
On: モン
8 strokes
Radical: gate 門
Parts: 門
 
Onyomi
門 【モン】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
門下 【モンカ】 one's pupil, one's student, one's follower
入門 【ニュウモン】 entering an institution, beginning training, primer, manual, introduction (to)
宗門 【シュウモン】 (religious) denomination, sect
 
Kunyomi
門 【もん】 gate, branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master, division, phylum, counter for cannons
門出 【かどで】 leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war), departure, setting out, starting a new life, starting life anew
口は災いの門 【くちはわざわいのかど】 words can lead to disaster, the tongue is the root of calamities, the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
門浪 【となみ】 waves in narrow straits
鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
長門 【ながと】 Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)