戸

See also: 戶 and 户

戸 U+6238, 戸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6238 ← 户 [U+6237] CJK Unified Ideographs 戹 → [U+6239]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	戶
Shinjitai	戸
Simplified	户

Han character

戸 (Kangxi radical 63, 戶+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一尸 (MS) or 難一尸 (XMS), composition ⿱一尸)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 414, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2257, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6238

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 戸 – see 戶 (“door; family; household; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 戶).

Japanese

Shinjitai	戸
Kyūjitai	戶

Kanji

戸

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 戶)

1. door

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)、ご (go)
• Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
• Kun: と (to, 戸, Jōyō)、へ (he, 戸)
• Nanori: え (e)、へ (he)

Compounds

Compounds

• 戸(と)惑(まど)い (tomadoi)
• 戸(と)惑(まど)う (tomadou)
• 雨(あま)戸(ど) (amado)
• 江(え)戸(ど) (Edo)
• 神(こう)戸(べ) (Kōbe)
• 上(じょう)戸(ご) (jōgo)
• 松(まつ)戸(ど) (Matsudo)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
戸
と Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
戶 (kyūjitai) 門

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *to. According to Beckwith (2004), related to the Kara word dol (/⁠dor⁠/, “door”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) と [tò] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [to̞]

Noun

戸(と) • (to) 

1. door; a plate placed on doorway

Synonyms

• 棟(むね) (mune), 棟(とう) (tō)
• 軒(けん) (ken)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
戸
こ Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
戶 (kyūjitai)

Sino-Japanese, from Middle Chinese 戶 (MC huX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ [kóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Noun

戸(こ) • (ko) 

1. houses; apartments
2. door
3. The smallest administrative division under the ritsuryō system of governance.

Counter

戸(こ) • (-ko) 

1. house; apartment

   二(に)階(かい)建(だ)て4(よ)戸(こ)の共(きょう)同(どう)住(じゅう)宅(たく)

   nikaidate yoko no kyōdōjūtaku

   two-storey apartment building with four units

2. household; family