ChiramiN4 kanji · 11 strokes
問 means ask, question
問
門 gate · 口 mouth
問Memory trick
A mouth (口) at the gate (門): to ask.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- question, ask, problem
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) とう tou
とう (tou) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: とい toi, とん ton
From Chinese (onyomi) モン mon
モン (mon) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
問題 もんだい · mondai
question, problem
Built from
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門 Used in 15 kanji
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What does 問 mean?
Right: 問 means ask, question.Not quite: 問 means ask, question.In 問題, which reading does 問 use?
Right. 問題 is read もんだい (mondai): 問 takes モン, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 問題 is read もんだい (mondai): 問 takes モン, its reading from Chinese.