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扉

とびら

door

Mnemonic

It swings in harder than anybody expects it to. Your toe と, then the beer びら, then the whole room going ah: とびら.

Worth knowing

The panel that swings, and a shade more literary than ドア. It is also the title page of a book.

Built from

door panel
戸 the door radical with 非 behind it. The panel that swings, not the doorway it swings in.

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