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海門

简海门 · 繁海門

Mandarin · pinyin Hǎi mén

see 海門區 Hǎi mén Qū

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海: hǎi · sea, ocean; maritime
門: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
门: mén · gate, door, entrance, opening

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3–2 · Hai3 men2

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noun

mouth of a river, where the river enters a sea
(Danyang Wu) fontanelle

name

(～區, formerly ～市, ～縣) Haimen (a district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; a former county-level city and former county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China)
(～鎮) Haimen (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China)

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