HSK Guide

Radical 63a single-leaf door; a household

(fourth tone, falling)

a single-leaf door; a household

Radical 634 strokes1 characters

Also written · — the same radical in a different position inside the character.

Where the shape comes from

One leaf of the double gate 門, drawn on its own — a modest house has one door where a compound has two. A single door stands for a single household, which is why 户 also counts families on a register: 户口. It heads 房, 所 and 扇.