Gate Radical Kanji 門部首 漢字

Front 1

門

Back 1

と
entrance (noun)

もん
gate (noun, generally a suffix)

Front 2

閂

Back 2

かんねき

bolt or bar that holds a door shut (noun)

Front 3

閃く
閃き

Back 3

ひらめく
to flash (verb)
ひらめき
a flash (like a flash of lightning) (noun)

Front 4

閉める or 閇める
閉まる or 閇まる
閉じる or 閇じる

Back 4

しめる
しまる
とじる

to close (verb)
閉 is common
閇 is an uncommon alternate form

Front 5

間

Back 5

あいだ
space, interval, distance

かん
period of time

Front 6

悶え

悶える

Back 6

まだえ
agony, anguish (noun)
まだえる
to be in agony, to worry greatly (verb)

Front 7

閊える

Back 7

つかえる
to get stuck,
to be obstructed,
to be unavailable (verb)

Front 8

開ける

開く

Back 8

あける
to open, to unlock (verb)
ひらく
to open, to unpack (verb)

Note: Interchangeable as far as I know

Front 9

閑

Back 9

のど - tranquil; calm; quiet (noun)
かん - spare time; free time (noun)

Note: This character is obscure.
Don't worry if you don't learn it.
It's not that useful.

Front 10

聞く

聞こえる

聞かす

Back 10

きく
to hear; to listen (verb)
きこえる
to be heard (verb)
きかす
to read to; to sing to (verb - less important)

Front 11

闘

Back 11

たたかう
to make war; to fight (verb) (usually 戦う
とう
fight (noun)

Note:
This character is seldom on its own.

Front 12

閥

Back 12

ぼつ
clique; clan; faction

Note: Maybe useful in MMORPGs?

Front 13

閹

Back 13

えん
eunuch (radical)

Note: the full for eunuch is 閹人 - えんじん

Front 14

閲

Back 14

えつ
inspection (esp. of a document) (noun)

Front 15

閨

Back 15

ねや
bedroom; place where you sleep;
Room shared by a married couple (noun)

Front 16

関

Back 16

せき
gate (noun)

Note: means the same thing as just 門.

Seems like a waste of strokes to me.

Front 17

閘

Back 17

ひのくち
lock (noun - obscure)
こう
lock (noun - suffix - also obscure)

Front 18

問

問う

問い

Back 18

もん
counter for questions (counter)
とう
to ask, to question (verb)

とい
a question (noun)