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Kanji Detail for 問 - "to ask, question, to visit"

問

  • Meaning

    問 means "to ask, question, to visit."

    1. Ask - To inquire; to question.

    2. Question - A query; an inquiry.

    3. Visit - To call on someone.

  • Words using 問

    • 問題 もんだい Listen question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political)
    • 訪問 ほうもん Listen call; visit
    • 質問 しつもん Listen question; inquiry; enquiry
    • 問い合わせ といあわせ Listen inquiry; query; enquiry
    • 問う とう Listen to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for
    • 喚問 かんもん Listen summons
    • 疑問 ぎもん Listen doubt; question; suspicion
    • 顧問 こもん Listen adviser; advisor; consultant

  • Four-character idioms with 問

    • 自問自答 じもんじとう Listen answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing
    • 一問一答 いちもんいっとう Listen answering question by question
    • 問答無用 もんどうむよう Listen there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
    • 問答無益 もんどうむえき Listen there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
    • 外題学問 げだいがくもん Listen putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name
    • 愚問愚答 ぐもんぐとう Listen silly questions and silly answers; silly dialogue

  • Tattoo check: 問

    • Verified meaning: to ask, question, to visit
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 問

    Surnames 問(とい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    question; ask; problem

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ask (about), inquire after

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to ask; to inquire

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to ask about, to inquire after

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To inquire. Asking someone about what one doesn't know. | Interrogating crimes is called 問. Colloquially also called 問罪. | To send diplomatic greetings. (Analects) "Sending someone to another state to inquire." | Gifts are called 問. (Book of Odes) "Presented her with ornaments." | News is also called 音問.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    mon(モン) モン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    toi(とい) とい

    ton(とん) とん

    tou(と-う) と-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to ask question to visit correspondence wholesaler problem inquiry challenge curiosity doubt enigma examine inquire interrogation investigation issue query quiz survey

Sentences including 問

  • He needs to answer the question.

  • We won't take up the problem.

  • He didn't answer the question on purpose.

  • I asked the doctor some questions.

  • He kindly answered questions.

  • The question is who will make the decision.

  • He annoys me with questions.

  • He is something of a scholar.

  • I have a question.

  • Let's leave the matter as it is for the present.

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