The Chinese characters 门 meaning is door; gate.

Just as 户 symbolizes a one-leafed door, so 門 represents a door with two leaves. Doors provide exits and entrances, but not all are convenient, as exemplified in the proverb: “The door of charity is hard to open, and hard to shut!” The simplified character 门 has now been stripped down to an open doorway.

Subscribe to the post comments feeds or Leave a trackback