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戸 と door 2 575 4 63 と・とだれ・とかんむり 象形 Pictographic Traditional Japanese storefront doors have several flags, known as "noren," hanging down from a curtain rod in front of them. I see this as a pseudo-pictograph, and use the horizontal line across the top to represent the curtain rod, since noren don´t usually hang from the ceiling.

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コ え, へ 戸(と): (1) door (esp. Japanese-style) (2) entrance (to a home) (3) narrows井戸(いど): water well戸籍(こせき): census; family register雨戸(あまど): sliding storm shutter戸棚(とだな): cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe戸締まり(とじまり): closing up; fastening the doors瀬戸物(せともの): earthenware; crockery; china 2 戸: door, house, door radical (no. 63) 戸 4 (none) door A Japanese door has a noren, a flag hanging from a rod. (I give this primitive the meaning of a noren-covered door).

Kanji	戸
Onyomi	コ
Kunyomi	と
Nanori	え, へ
English	door
Examples	戸(と): (1) door (esp. Japanese-style) (2) entrance (to a home) (3) narrows 井戸(いど): water well 戸籍(こせき): census; family register 雨戸(あまど): sliding storm shutter 戸棚(とだな): cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe 戸締まり(とじまり): closing up; fastening the doors 瀬戸物(せともの): earthenware; crockery; china
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	575
Components	戸: door, house, door radical (no. 63)
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	戸
Radical Number	63
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	と・とだれ・とかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	door
Koohii Story 1	Traditional Japanese storefront doors have several flags, known as "noren," hanging down from a curtain rod in front of them. I see this as a pseudo-pictograph, and use the horizontal line across the top to represent the curtain rod, since noren don´t usually hang from the ceiling.
Koohii Story 2	A Japanese door has a noren, a flag hanging from a rod. (I give this primitive the meaning of a noren-covered door).

Door 戸 Japanese Hanging Curtain コ と え

Door 戸 Japanese Hanging Curtain コとえ