扉
front door, title page, front page
Readings
On'yomi
- ヒ
Kun'yomi
- とびら
Meaning
扉 centers on a physical entryway that opens and closes: a front door. The title page and front page senses extend this idea as the 'door' or opening to a book's content.
Most common words using 扉
20 of 26- 扉とびらN1
door; gate; opening
- 扉絵とびらえ
frontispiece
- 門扉もんぴ
door(s) of a gate
- ガラス扉ガラスとびら
glass door
- 中扉なかとびら
chapter title page; divisional title
- 二十の扉にじゅうのとびら
twenty questions (game)
- 仕掛け扉しかけとびら
trapdoor; trap door
- 内扉うちとびら
internal door; inner door
- 前扉まえとびら
front door (of a cabinet, bus, etc.)
- 回転扉かいてんとびら
revolving door
- 夏への扉なつへのとびら
The Door into Summer (1957 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)
- 外扉そととびら
external door; outer door
- 小開扉しょうかいひ
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
- 後扉あととびら
rear door (esp. of a bus)
- 扉の木とびらのき
Japanese cheesewood (Pittosporum tobira)
- 扉口とびらぐち
doorway; door; hatch
- 柴扉さいひ
brushwood door; brushwood gate
- 水密扉すいみつとびら
watertight door
- 自動扉じどうとびら
automatic door
- 裏扉うらとびら
back leaf
Study
Etymology
扉 combines 户 (door) with 非, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally depicted a pair of wings or a double door, reinforcing the idea of a hinged opening.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 户 is a door, and the bottom 非 looks like two swinging panels. Picture a front door made of two leaves that open outward.
Reading mnemonic
For ヒ, imagine a front door that makes a soft 'hee' sound when it opens: hee -> ヒ, and the door swings wide.