問

音読おんよみ: モン

訓読くんよみ:・と

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 門(もんがまえ)

Meaning

question, ask, inquire


  • 質問しつもん — question
  • 問題もんだい — problem, issue
  • 訪問ほうもん — visit
  • 問屋とんや — wholesale store
  • 問答もんどう — dialogue, Q&A
  • わせ — inquiry

The character is composed of the radical もん (gate) and the component くち (mouth). It symbolizes someone speaking through a gate — representing inquiry, questioning, or requesting information from the other side.

質問しつもんがあれば、どうぞ。
If you have any questions, please ask.

問題もんだいいてください。
Please solve the problem.

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