# 門 — Gates

Frequency rank 412 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 花 (Flower), less common than 失 (Fault).

- On’yomi: もん
- Kun’yomi: かど
- Radical: 門 Gate (Kangxi 169)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The character for gate (門) looks like two swinging doors side by side — the traditional gates of a Japanese entrance.

In words:

- 門 もん — gate
- 正門 せいもん — main gate,main entrance
- 部門 ぶもん — class;group;category;department;field;branch

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