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Japanese symbol for “doorway”

Romaji: toguchi
door; doorway

In Japanese, doorway is , read (toguchi).

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.

Meanings

  1. n door; doorway

Kanji and stroke order

door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
on: コ
kun: と
4 strokes · JLPT 2
mouth
on: コウ、ク
kun: くち
3 strokes · JLPT 4

Other Japanese words for “doorway”

WordReadingMeaning
とびらぐち tobiraguchidoorway; door; hatch
やど yadodoor; doorway

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
えど edoEdo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
いど idowater well
こせき kosekifamily register
せと setostrait; channel
とまどい tomadoibeing at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion
こうべ koubeKobe (city)
じんこう jinkoupopulation
わるぐち waruguchi(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing

See also: Chinese symbol for “doorway”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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