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Kanji for Gate
The kanji for “gate” is 門, read mon and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
門
gate
A gate; the entrance to a new world or a school of learning.
8 strokes On reading モン (mon) Kun reading かど、と (kado, to) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: gate, counter for cannons
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kado, to, mon
In Japan it appears in about 471 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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