The story of 戶

door, household

戶 depicts a door with only one leaf, which can be seen as one half of 門(door with two leaves), since door is both entrance and exit of a house, so 戶 also has the meaning of household.

Vocabulary of 戶

  • 戶主 (head of household)
  • 戶籍 (household register)
  • 住戶 (inhabitant)

Classification

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