戸

• 読み: と
• ローマ字: to
• 漢字の分解: 戸 (ko/to) — door, counter for houses
• 発音: /to/

意味

Door, especially a Japanese-style sliding door. Also refers to shutters and panels.

Refers to traditional Japanese doors and shutters, particularly sliding types (引き戸 — hikido). Less common in everyday speech than ドア for modern doors, but appears frequently in compounds: 戸棚 (todana — cupboard), 雨戸 (amado — storm shutter). Also used in the counter 一戸 (ikko — one house/unit).

例文

1. 朝になったら雨戸を開けます。
2. この戸は左に引いてください。
3. 古い家の戸がきしんでいます。

使い方ガイド

場面: traditional homes, architecture, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 戸 is a pictograph of a single-leaf door or gate panel, representing one side of a traditional entrance. The double-door form is 門 (mon — gate).

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal