Japanese symbol for “doorway”
戸口
とぐち
Romaji: toguchi
door; doorway
In Japanese, doorway is 戸口, read とぐち (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
- n door; doorway
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “doorway”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扉口 | とびらぐち tobiraguchi | doorway; door; hatch |
| 屋戸 | やど yado | door; doorway |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 江戸 | えど edo | Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo |
| 井戸 | いど ido | water well |
| 戸籍 | こせき koseki | family register |
| 瀬戸 | せと seto | strait; channel |
| 戸惑い | とまどい tomadoi | being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion |
| 神戸 | こうべ koube | Kobe (city) |
| 人口 | じんこう jinkou | population |
| 悪口 | 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.