Kanji
扉
N1
12 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1866
front door, title page, front page
On'yomi (音読み)
ヒ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
とびら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
門扉
もんぴ
door(s) of a gate
開扉
かいひ
opening a door
閉扉
へいひ
closure of a gate or door
柴扉
さいひ
brushwood door; brushwood gate
小開扉
しょうかいひ
opening a door for a moment (esp. on the train, when someone's foot is stuck, etc.)
鉄扉
てっぴ
iron door
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
扉
とびら
door; gate
夏への扉
なつへのとびら
The Door into Summer (1957 novel by Robert A. Heinlein)
扉の木
とびらのき
Japanese cheesewood (Pittosporum tobira)
水密扉
すいみつとびら
watertight door
内扉
うちとびら
internal door; inner door
外扉
そととびら
external door; outer door
後扉
あととびら
rear door (esp. of a bus)
前扉
まえとびら
front door (of a cabinet, bus, etc.)
中扉
なかとびら
chapter title page; divisional title
ガラス扉
ガラスとびら
glass door
Example sentences
玄関(げんかん)で扉(とびら)を叩(たた)く音(おと)がした。
There was a knock at the front door.
我々(われわれ)はその建物(たてもの)に入(はい)る秘密(ひみつ)の扉(とびら)を発見(はっけん)した。
We found a secret door into the building.