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Bushu (Radical) Info: 戸 (とびらのと) – door

Henshall Mnemonic: one door forms half a gate

Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #575 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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JLPT N5 Words

• 戸   [と]
  (n) door (Japanese-style)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 戸棚   [とだな]
  (n) cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 井戸   [いど]
  (n) water well   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 雨戸   [あまど]
  (n) sliding storm door   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 瀬戸物   [せともの]
  (n) earthenware; crockery; china   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 戸籍   [こせき]
  (n) census; family register   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• ガラス戸   [ガラスど]
  (n) glass door   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 下戸   [げこ]
  (n) non-drinker; temperate man   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一戸建て   [いっこだて]
  (n) (separate) house   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸外   [こがい]
  (adj-no,n) open-air; outdoors   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸口   [とぐち]
  (n) door   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸数   [こすう]
  (n) number of households (houses)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸籍謄本   [こせきとうほん]
  (n) official copy of the family register   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸締まり   [とじまり]
  (n) closing up; fastening the doors   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸別訪問   [こべつほうもん]
  (n,vs) door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸惑い   [とまどい]
  (n,vs) being at sea; losing one's bearings   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸惑う   [とまどう]
  (v5u) to be bewildered; to be perplexed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 門戸   [もんこ]
  (n) door   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 江戸   [えど]
  (n) old name of Tokyo   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 江戸っ子   [えどっこ]
  (n) true Tokyoite   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 江戸川   [えどがわ]
  Edo River   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 木戸   [きど]
  (n) wicket gate; wooden door   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 瀬戸   [せと]
  (n) strait; channel   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 瀬戸際   [せとぎわ]
  (n) brink; critical moment   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 戸 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.