門人

See also: and 门人

Chinese

 
opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
man; person; people
trad. (門人)
simp. (门人)

Pronunciation


Noun

門人

  1. door guard, gate guard
  2. disciple

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (門人):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もん
Grade: 2
じん
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 門人 (MC muən ȵiɪn) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?).

Pronunciation

Noun

門人 (hiragana もんじん, rōmaji monjin)

  1. a disciple, follower, pupil, student
    Synonyms: 弟子 (deshi), 門弟 (montei)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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