Today’s #kanji is 閉, which is listed under the radical of #もんがまえ(門). 閉 is apparently a pictograph depicting a gate being locked.
関
Today’s #kanji is 関, which is listed under its semantic element of #もんがまえ(門). 関 used to be written as 關 and what is written inside is the phonetic element.
開
Today’s #kanji is #開. It is listed under #もんがまえ(門) in my dictionary and 門 can be its semantic element with…
門
Today’s #kanji is #門, which makes its own radical, #もんがまえ. It is a pictograph depicting a closed gate. Do you…
聞
Today’s first #kanji is #聞, which is made of 門 (a gate) and 耳 (an ear). I think you can…
間
Today’s second #kanji is #間, which is made of #もんがまえ(門) and 日. Apparently the older form of this character had…