144) 户

hu

household, family, door

a small household  had a single door, smaller than the larger double doors (门)

144ax) 斤

jin

catty

ax

144a) 所

suo

place

door 户 [hù] + ax 斤¹¹⁸[jīn]

A storage room is a place with a single door (戶) where farming tools such as an ax (斤) are kept.

144bx) 方

fang

square

144b) 房

fang

room; house

door 户 [hù] + square 方¹⁶⁰[fāng]

A square (方) area with a single door (戶) is a room or a house.

144cx) 册

ce

book

144c) 扁

bian

flat

door 户 [hù] + book 冊→册²¹⁷[cè]

A door (户) usually made by tying branches together to make a flat slab (ploča), just like bamboo books (册).

144d) 遍

bian

all over

flat 扁 [biǎn] + go 辶⁶¹[chuò]

Not only did the Chinese tie branches together to make flat (扁) doors, they did the same to make fences going (辶) all over their land.

144ex) 竹

zhu

144e) 篇

pian

piece (of writing); sheet

bamboo 竹²¹⁶[zhú] + flat 扁 [biǎn]

Before paper was invented, _flat (扁) slabs of bamboo (竹) were tied together to make a piece of writing 

144f) 护

hu

protect

hand 扌=手³¹[shǒu] + door 户 [hù]

a petty poor person who is protecting his one-door (戶) house with his hands (扌).

145) 门

men

door

Palaces and large houses had doors that came in a set of two, unlike a “single door 户 [hù].”

145a) 们

men

<suffix>

person 亻⁷⁰[rén] + door 门 [mén]

“门” is a door that is only complete as a set of two, so this character is a suffix showing plural usage of people (亻). It is always used after a pronoun or noun indication a person

145b) 问

wen

ask

door 门 [mén] + mouth 口¹⁶[kǒu]

To open a door (门) and ask loudly (口) if he is at the right house.

145c) 间

jian

between; room

door 门 [mén] + sun 日²¹⁸[rì]

the sun (日) shining through and between a space in the room door (门).

145dx) 竹

zhu

145d) 简

jian

simple

bamboo 竹²¹⁶[zhú] + between/room 间 [jiān]

Before paper was invented, sentences were simple because the Chinese wrote on a flat bamboo (竹) with a little room/space (间) 

145y) 耳

er

145y-10f*) 闻

wen

hear

door 门¹⁴⁵[mén] + ear 耳 [ěr]

one has to put his ear (耳) on the door (门) to hear what is going on inside. ‘Sound’ and ‘smell’ are all external stimuli, and in Chinese, share the same pronunciation, which is why this character means both.

146) 互 / 互相

hu / huxiang

mutual; each other

Roofing tiles are made in such a way that they mutually compatible 

146a) 瓦

wa

tile

When the shape of two tiles fitting together “互[hù]” came to mean ‘mutual,’ the Chinese added a dot (丶) to stress the meaning ‘tile.’