字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE
Oracle bone and bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The oracle bone, bronze and seal stages show 戶, not 戸 itself.
部首Radical · in Structures & Home
戸 door (top)
とだれ todare
4 strokesRadical of 5 kanjiPart of 10
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
One-half of 門 (“gate”). The character in its original form is similar to 𠁣.
Source: Wiktionary, 戶 (rev. 91933110), the entry for the full form, CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under the door's protection! Imagine a character seeking shelter under the overhang of a sturdy wooden door. This radical brings the energy of a specific location or a physical "place" to the kanji. When you see it hanging from the top-left, think of an address, a base of operations, or the protective boundaries of a household.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates specific places, addresses, households, shoulders (as the "hinge" of the arm), or the concept of a focused location or area.
What it grows into
- 戻re-レイ · もどす
戸 becomes 戻
A dog 犬 bending to enter through a door 戶 – to bend over. Extended to mean crooked, deviant, contrary.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, 戾, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 扇fanセン · おうぎ
戸 + 羽
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 所placeショ · ところ
戸sound + 斤
The sound of logging (the definition given in Shuowen).
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every kanji with 戸 as its radical
All 5 kanji