問

See also: 问

問 U+554F, 問 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-554F ← 啎 [U+554E] CJK Unified Ideographs 啐 → [U+5550]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (alternative)

Han character

問 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日弓口 (ANR), four-corner 7760₇, composition ⿵門口)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 195, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3814
• Dae Jaweon: page 416, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4284, character 3
• Unihan data for U+554F

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Chinese

trad.		問
simp.		问

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (門) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蔄	*roːs, *mruːns
闅	*min, *mrɯn, *mɯn
閩	*mrɯn, *mɯn
蕄	*mɯːŋ, *mrɯːŋ
門	*mɯːn
捫	*mɯːn
悶	*mɯːns
聞	*mɯn, *mɯns
閿	*mɯn
問	*mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯns) : phonetic 門 (OC *mɯːn) + semantic 口.

Etymology

Exoactive derivation of 聞 (OC *mɯn, “to hear”) with suffix *-s, literally "let (me) hear" (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Definitions

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1. to ask

   我能問個問題嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   我能问个问题吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ néng wèn ge wèntí ma? [Pinyin]

   May I ask a question?

   問他到哪兒去。／问他到哪儿去。  ―  Wèn tā dào nǎr qù.  ―  Ask him where to go.

   你問我，我問邊個？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你问我，我问边个？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ man⁶ ngo⁵, ngo⁵ man⁶ bin¹ go³? [Jyutping]

   You ask me, but who do I ask? → I don't know the answer to your question.

2. to inquire about; to ask about
3. to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone
4. to try; to interrogate; to subject to an inquest
5. to call to account; to hold to account; to take to task
6. to interfere; to intervene; to meddle
7. (colloquial) to; from
8. Wen

Synonyms

• (to ask):

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• 提問 / 提问 (tíwèn)
• 發問 / 发问 (fāwèn)
• 設問 / 设问 (shèwèn) (literary)

• (to inquire about):

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• 了解 (liǎojiě)
• 咨問 / 咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問訊 / 问讯 (wènxùn)
• 問話 / 问话 (wènhuà) (of superiors or elders)
• 打聽 / 打听 (dǎtīng)
• 扣問 / 扣问 (kòuwèn) (literary)
• 探問 / 探问 (tànwèn)
• 探詢 / 探询 (tànxún)
• 查問 / 查问 (cháwèn)
• 查詢 / 查询 (cháxún)
• 訊問 / 讯问 (xùnwèn)
• 詢問 / 询问 (xúnwèn)
• 諮詢 / 谘询 (zīxún)
• 質 / 质 (Cantonese, or literary, or in compounds)

• (to send one's regards):

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• 咨問 / 咨问 (zīwèn) (literary)
• 問候 / 问候 (wènhòu)
• 問好 / 问好 (wènhǎo)
• 問安 / 问安 (wèn'ān) (formal, to an elder)
• 問訊 / 问讯 (wènxùn)
• 打招呼 (dǎ zhāohū)
• 招呼 (zhāohū)
• 拍招呼 (Hokkien)
• 相借問 / 相借问 (Hokkien, Hakka)
• 請安 / 请安 (qǐng'ān) (historical, to an elder)
• 起居 (qǐjū) (historical)

• (to try):

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• 問案 / 问案 (wèn'àn)
• 審 / 审 (shěn)
• 審判 / 审判 (shěnpàn)
• 審問 / 审问 (shěnwèn)
• 審訊 / 审讯 (shěnxùn)
• 訊問 / 讯问 (xùnwèn)

• (to call to account):

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• 叱問 / 叱问 (chìwèn)
• 叮問 / 叮问 (dīngwèn) (dialectal)
• 斥問 / 斥问 (chìwèn)
• 盤問 / 盘问 (pánwèn)
• 詰問 / 诘问 (jiéwèn) (literary)
• 詰責 / 诘责 (jiézé) (literary)
• 責問 / 责问 (zéwèn)
• 質問 / 质问 (zhìwèn)
• 追問 / 追问 (zhuīwèn)

• (to interfere):

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• 伸手 (shēnshǒu) (figurative)
• 干涉 (gānshè)
• 干預 (gānyù)
• 插手 (chāshǒu)
• 插跤 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 沓滴 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 過問 / 过问 (guòwèn)

Further reading

• “Entry #7044”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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Japanese

Kanji

問

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: もん (mon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぶん (bun)
• Kun: とい (toi, 問い, Jōyō)^{←とひ (tofi, 問ひ, historical)}、とう (tou, 問う, Jōyō)^{←とふ (tofu, 問ふ, historical)}、とん (ton, 問, Jōyō ^†)
• Nanori: はる (haru)

Compounds

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Related terms

• 問(もん)題(だい) (mondai)
• 問(もん)答(どう) (mondō)
• 問(と)う (tou)
• 不(ふ)問(もん) (fumon)
• 学(がく)問(もん) (gakumon)

• 質(しつ)問(もん) (shitsumon)
• 疑(ぎ)問(もん) (gimon)
• 一(いち)問(もん) (ichimon)
• 尋(じん)問(もん) (jinmon)

• 喚(かん)問(もん) (kanmon)
• 検(けん)問(もん) (kenmon)
• 詰(きつ)問(もん) (kitsumon)
• 拷(ごう)問(もん) (gōmon)

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Counter

問(もん) or 問(counter) • (mon or counter) [[Category:Japanese
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1. questions, problems

Noun

問(とい) • (toi) 

1. Alternative form of 問い

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Hanja

問 (eumhun 물을 문 (mureul mun))

1. hanja form^? of 문 (“ask; question”)

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Han character

(deprecated template usage) 問 (vấn, vắn, vắng, vẩn, vặn)

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