Word Meaning 朱門

しゅもん shumon

朱門 is read as しゅもん (shumon) and means red-lacquered gate.

Meaning

English

  1. red-lacquered gate

Reading

Kana

しゅもん

Romaji

shumon

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 133391 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

朱印

しゅいん

red seal

あけ

red

あか

Red (i.e. communist)

朱子学

しゅしがく

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

朱文金

しゅぶんきん

Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety

朱に交われば赤くなる

しゅにまじわればあかくなる

people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them

朱印船貿易

しゅいんせんぼうえき

foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)

朱印状

しゅいんじょう

license with a red seal (licence)

宗門

しゅうもん

(religious) denomination

登竜門

とうりゅうもん

gateway to success

狭き門

せまきもん

the strait gate (in the Bible)

鬼門

きもん

weak point