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戸

door
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingコ
Kun readingと
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. doorRtK
    彼は静かに戸をたたいた。He quietly knocked at the door.tatoeba
    彼は酔っぱらっていて裏戸を閉め忘れた。He was too drunk to remember to shut the back door.tatoeba
  2. counter for houses
  3. door radical (no. 63)
  1. door (esp. Japanese-style)
  2. shutter
  3. window shutter
  4. entrance (to a home)
  5. narrows

Synonyms

扉

Popular Usage

雨戸井戸瀬戸物

Radicals and components

Radical戸door

Mnemonic (RtK)

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one (一) · flag (方)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1157

Compound words

井戸いど
water well
雨戸あまど
sliding storm shutter
瀬戸物せともの
earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery
引き戸ひきど
sliding door
下戸げこ
non-drinker; someone who cannot drink
戸外こがい
open air; outdoors; outside
戸口とぐち
door; doorway
戸数こすう
number of houses; number of households
戸籍こせき
family register; census
戸棚とだな
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
江戸えど
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
瀬戸せと
strait; channel
網戸あみど
window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door
木戸きど
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
門戸もんこ
door
神戸こうべ
Kobe (city)
戸惑いとまどい
being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion; wonderment; disorientation upon waking at night
戸惑うとまどう
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
瀬戸際せとぎわ
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
一戸建ていっこだて
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
戸締まりとじまり
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
江戸っ子えどっこ
(true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko
江戸時代えどじだい
Edo period (1603-1868)
ガラス戸ガラスど
glass door

On Reading Examples

昨日の火事で二百戸が全焼した。こ
Two hundred houses were burnt down in the fire which broke out yesterday.tatoeba
きのうの火事で２００戸が全焼した。こ
Two hundred houses were burnt down in the fire which broke out yesterday.tatoeba
１０戸が全焼した。こ
Ten houses were burned down.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は戸口の方へ進んで行った。とぐち
He made for the door.tatoeba
彼は戸口の方へ向かった、そして逃げようとした。とぐち
He made for the door and tried to escape.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は神戸まで列車で行った。
He went as far as Kobe by train.tatoeba
彼は商用で神戸に行かねばならなかった。
Business carried him to Kobe.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

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