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Shuowen

Door. The pictograph of a double-leaf gate as it appears on ancient structures, showing the two door panels meeting at the center with their frame. It represents the entrance to a household, and by extension, the family or lineage within. All characters containing 门 derive from this image of the doorway.

Pinyin

mén· HSK 2