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問

question
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingモン
Kun readingと.う、と.い、とん
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. questionRtK
  2. ask
    彼は彼女にいくつか質問をしました。He asked her some questions.tatoeba
  3. problem
    彼は複雑な数学の問題を解くことが得意だ。He is good at solving complicated mathematical problems.tatoeba
  1. counter for questions

Homonyms

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Same reading (もん)
門 · gate紋 · crest

Popular Usage

質問問題学問疑問

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth囗variant
Components
How it's built
問
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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gates · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1744

Compound words

質問しつもん
question; inquiry; enquiry
問題もんだい
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue
学問がくもん
study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge
疑問ぎもん
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
慰問いもん
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
諮問しもん
consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
設問せつもん
posing a question; question
難問なんもん
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
問うとう
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility)
問答もんどう
questions and answers; dialogue
問屋とんや
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
質問するしつもんする
to question
訪問するほうもんする
to visit
喚問かんもん
summons
詰問きつもん
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
検問けんもん
inspection; examination; check; checkpoint; screening
顧問こもん
adviser; advisor; consultant; counselor; school club supervisor (usu. a teacher)
拷問ごうもん
torture
査問さもん
inquiry; enquiry; hearing
審問しんもん
trial; hearing; inquiry; examination; interrogation
尋問じんもん
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
弔問ちょうもん
condolence call; visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences
不問ふもん
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
訪問ほうもん
call; visit

On Reading Examples

彼女は試験で四問目をぬかしてしまった。もん
She left out the fourth question on the examination.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は必ずこの問題を解決する。
He is bound to solve this question.tatoeba
彼は彼女にうるさく質問して困らせた。
He bothered her with questions.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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