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Chinese symbol for “portal”

门户
mén hù
Traditional: 門戶
door; strategic gateway; portal; faction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for portal is 门户 (mén hù), defined as: door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

门 mén
gate, door, entrance, opening
radical 169 ⾨ · 3 strokes
户 hù
door; family
radical 63 ⼾ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “portal”

WordPinyinMeaning
正门 (正門)zhèng ménmain entrance; main gate
入口网 (入口網)rù kǒu wǎngWeb portal; (enterprise) portal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 门户.

WordPinyinMeaning
部门 (部門)bù méndepartment; branch
专门 (專門)zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
门口 (門口)mén kǒudoorway; gate
出门 (出門)chū ménto go out; to leave home
大门 (大門)dà ménentrance; door
热门 (熱門)rè ménpopular; hot; in vogue
用户 (用戶)yòng hùuser; consumer
客户 (客戶)kè hùclient; customer

See also: Japanese symbol for “portal”.

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.

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