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gates

On-Yomi: モン — Kun-Yomi: かど、と

Elements:

gates

Heisig story:

The pictograph of two swinging gates is so clear in this kanji that only its stroke order needs to be memorized. In case you should have any trouble, though, you might doodle with the shapes on a piece of paper, taking care to note the difference in the stroke order of the two facing doors. The gates usually serve as an enclosure, and are written BEFORE whatever it is they enclose.

Heisig comment:

* As a primitive, we shall continue to give it the meaning of gates, but recommend the image of swinging doors (like the kind once common at entrances to saloons) to distinguish it from the primitive for door.

Koohii stories:

1) [dukelexon] 16-1-2008(175): Heisig's stroke order in the 4th edition (and earlier) is wrong, so be careful – first is the left-most vertical stroke, then draw the rest of the "sun" attachment as you would normally. In fact, if you just wrote it out as two suns with elongated sides, you'll get the stroke order exactly correct.

2) [scottamus] 4-9-2006(56): The gates to Hell. guarded by Cerebus or … Bill Gates?

3) [KristinHolly] 25-11-2008(23): Bill Gates is just about to walk into a saloon.

4) [Howdoken] 11-5-2008(18): The GATES of Hell make a great primitive for the following frames.

5) [Dustin_Calgary] 14-1-2009(9): Primitives, Either gates to hell, or the pearly gates :D.

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