Is 門 read as かど or もん?


Is it more common to read 門 as かど or もん?

e.g. how would we pronounce the 門 in 彼らは門が開くのを待っていた。




When the kanji character 門 is used as a noun in itself (meaning a gate), it is
usually read as もん, although it was also read as かど in older time. As other
people say, 門 in your example should be read as もん in the modern Japanese.

The most common example of 門 read as かど in the modern Japanese that I can
think of is a proverb 笑う門には福来る (わらうかどにはふくきたる). This 門 is read as かど and means
a house. The literal meaning of the proverb is “Happiness comes to a home
where family is laughing.” [Progressive Waei Chū
Jiten](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E7%AC%91%E3%81%86&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=0)
suggests two translations of this proverb: the more literal one is “Fortune
favors cheerful homes,” and the less literal one is “Laugh and grow fat.”




When the kanji character 門 is used as a noun in itself (meaning a gate), it is
usually read as もん, although it was also read as かど in older time. As other
people say, 門 in your example should be read as もん in the modern Japanese.

The most common example of 門 read as かど in the modern Japanese that I can
think of is a proverb 笑う門には福来る (わらうかどにはふくきたる). This 門 is read as かど and means
a house. The literal meaning of the proverb is “Happiness comes to a home
where family is laughing.” [Progressive Waei Chū
Jiten](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E7%AC%91%E3%81%86&dtype=3&dname=2na&stype=0)
suggests two translations of this proverb: the more literal one is “Fortune
favors cheerful homes,” and the less literal one is “Laugh and grow fat.”

