戸
Meanings
door; Japanese-style door; sliding door
Only when written 戸
A native word for a door or door panel, especially a Japanese-style sliding or wooden door. This sense is restricted to the spelling 戸.
See also: 扉
It's cold, so close the door.
shutter; window shutter
Only when written 戸
Commonly encountered in compounds such as 雨戸, a storm or window shutter. The practical modern spelling for this use is 戸.
A typhoon was approaching, so we closed all the storm shutters.
entrance to a home; doorway
Archaic noun use referring to the entrance or doorway of a house. Modern Japanese normally uses words such as 入口, 戸口, or 玄関 depending on the context.
In old writing, 戸 can refer to the entrance of a house.
narrows; strait-like passage
Archaic or old lexical use for a narrow passage, especially like a narrows or strait. This is not a productive everyday standalone use.
In classical vocabulary, 戸 can refer to a narrow passage such as a strait.
Usage patterns
- 戸を閉めるto close the door
Please close the door, it's cold.
- 戸を叩くto knock on the door
I heard the sound of someone knocking on the door.
- 雨戸を閉めるto close the storm shutters
I closed the storm shutters before the typhoon arrived.
Expressions· 9
- 戸を破るbreak down a door; force a door open
- 江戸の華widespread fires in Edo; flowers of Edo
- 戸を立てるshut a door
- 戸を開けるopen the door
- 火事と喧嘩は江戸の華fires and fights are the flowers of Edo
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- 人の口に戸は立てられずpeople will talk; you can't stop people from talking
- 人の口に戸は立てられぬyou can't control what people say; you can't stop rumors
- 世間の口に戸は立てられぬpeople will talk; you can't stop rumors