扉 means “door, title page”

とびら · tobira

Also: front door, front page

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とびら

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヒ

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The story

A door (戸) over 非, two halves facing apart: picture a pair of doors swinging open. 扉 is a door, often a heavy or grand one, like the 扉 of a safe or a shrine, and also a book's title page, the door into it.

Used in 扉 (tobira, door), 門扉 (monpi, gate doors), and 扉絵 (tobirae, frontispiece)

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