entries → 戶
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
ㄏㄨˋ · hù
noun — door (single-leaf); household

字源 FORM — what the parts do

the picture of a single-leaf door
A picture of one door-leaf — half of the double gate 門. One panel swinging on its post: that is 戶, the single door, and the household it closes around. From the door came the family that lives behind it: 戶口、家戶.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一片門板(戶)掛著,輕輕一推就開——一扇門,一戶人家。
A single door-panel (戶) hangs there, swinging open at a push — one door, one household.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)門戶、一扇門— a single-leaf door常用
戶口、家戶— household, family常用
帳戶、用戶— an account; a user — a registered unit
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
ménthe whole gate — 門 is two leaves, is one of themshīlook-alike — 尸 (corpse) drops the top hook; keeps the short stroke that makes the door-head