Japanese symbol for “narrows”
戸
と
Romaji: to
door (esp. Japanese-style)
In Japanese, narrows is 戸, read と (to).
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Meanings
- n door (esp. Japanese-style)
- n shutter; window shutter
- n entrance (to a home)
- n narrows
Written forms: 戸、門. Readings: と.
Kanji and stroke order
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) |
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.