door

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph of a door in ancient script. It depicts a door with two spreading panels or a simple door frame with a single panel.

Mnemonic: The C-shaped or bracket-like form resembles a door frame wide open to welcome guests into a house.

• 户hù🔊

  a household

  HSK 4

  4 strokes

• 戸hù🔊

  variant of 戶|户[hu4]

  4 strokes

• 戺shì🔊

  door pivot

  7 strokes

• 所suǒ🔊

  actually

  HSK 3

  8 strokes

• 房fáng🔊

  house

  8 strokes

• 戽hù🔊

  water bucket for irrigation

  8 strokes

• 戾lì🔊

  to bend

  8 strokes

• 扂diàn🔊

  door latch

  9 strokes

• 扁biǎn🔊

  flat

  HSK 6

  9 strokes

• 扃jiōng🔊

  (literary) to shut or bolt a door

  9 strokes

• 扇shàn🔊

  fan

  HSK 5

  10 strokes

• 扆yǐ🔊

  screen

  10 strokes

• 扈hù🔊

  retinue

  11 strokes

• 扉fēi🔊

  door with only one leaf

  12 strokes

• 扊yǎn🔊

  upright bar for fastening a door

  12 strokes