Chinese symbol for “doorstep”
门槛
mén kǎn
Traditional: 門檻
doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for doorstep is 门槛 (mén kǎn), defined as: doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “doorstep”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 门槛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 部门 (部門) | bù mén | department; branch |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) |
| 门口 (門口) | mén kǒu | doorway; gate |
| 出门 (出門) | chū mén | to go out; to leave home |
| 大门 (大門) | dà mén | entrance; door |
| 热门 (熱門) | rè mén | popular; hot; in vogue |
| 槛车 (檻車) | jiàn chē | cart with cage, used to escort prisoner |
| 下槛 (下檻) | xià kǎn | (architecture) doorsill |
See also: Japanese symbol for “doorstep”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.