房门 (fáng mén) — room door; door of a room | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

room doordoor of a room

Measure word · 扇

Examples

房门。
Qǐng qīng qīng guān shàng fáng mén.
Please gently close the door.
房门，。
fáng mén Shì mù zhì de, kàn qǐ lái hěn jiē shi.
The door is made of wood and looks very sturdy.
房门。
Tā tuī kāi fáng mén zǒu le jìn qù.
He pushed the door open and walked in.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

房 means room and 门 means door, so together they name the door of a room.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng房fáng

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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