door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
On'yomi (音読み)
- コ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- と
About this kanji
The kanji 戸 (と) primarily means "door" and can also refer to a counter used for counting houses. It’s often used as a noun. Some common compounds include 井戸 (いど), which means "water well," and 江戸 (えど), referring to Edo, the former capital of Japan, now known as Tokyo. Another useful term is 戸惑い (とまどい), meaning "confusion or being at sea," often used when someone feels lost or uncertain. A practical usage note is that 戸 is also used to refer to sliding storm shutters (雨戸, あまど) used in Japanese homes, highlighting its relevance to daily life.
Example sentences
その戸は開いている。
That door is open.
Meanings across languages
- English
- door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
- Tiếng Việt
- cửa
- 日本語
- 戸
- 한국어
- 문
- 中文
- 门
- id
- pintu, konter rumah
- th
- ประตู, นับบ้าน
- es
- puerta, contador de casas
- fr
- porte, compteur de maisons
- de
- Tür, Hausnummer
- pt
- porta, contador de casas
Common compounds
- 井戸いどwater well
- 江戸えどEdo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo), Yedo
- 戸惑いとまどいbeing at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion
- 雨戸あまどsliding storm shutter
- 戸外こがいopen air, outdoors, outside
- 戸数こすうnumber of houses, number of households
- 戸籍こせきfamily register, census
- 戸棚とだなcupboard, locker, closet
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