戸 means “door”

と · to

Also: counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

と

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コ

Taught in grade 2 · 4 strokes

The story

A single wing of a door, the simplest threshold between inside and outside. Traditional Japanese 引き戸 (hikido, sliding doors) glide open silently, erasing the boundary between room and garden. Every 戸 crossed is a world entered.

Used in 戸口 (toguchi, doorway), 戸棚 (todana, cupboard), and 江戸 (Edo, old Tokyo)

Example sentences

• 戸を閉めてください。 Please close the door.
• 戸棚に食器があります。 There are dishes in the cupboard.

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• 寝 sleep
• 窓 window
• 屋 roof
• 床 floor
• 壁 wall
• 畳 tatami mat
• 室 room
• 柱 pillar
• 家 house
• 親 parent
• 弟 younger brother
• 妹 younger sister

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