問

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

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
問-order.gif
Stroke order
(alternative)
問-aorder.gif

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad. 問
simp. 问

Glyph origin[edit]

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, OC *mɯns): phonetic 門 (OC *mɯːn) + semantic 口.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • muóng - vernacular;
  • ông - literary.
  • Min Nan
    • Note:
    • mn̄g/mūi/mňg - vernacular;
    • būn - literary.
  • Wu
    • Rime
    Character 問
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 明 (4)
    Final (韻) 文 (59)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Closed
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 亡運切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mɨunH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/miunH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/miuənH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/munH/
    Li
    Rong         		/miuənH/
    Wang
    Li         		/mĭuənH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/mi̯uənH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		wèn
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 問
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		wèn
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ mjunH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*C.mu[n]-s/
    English ask

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 問
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8967
    Phonetic
    component         		門
    Rime
    group         		文
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		問
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mɯns/

    Definitions[edit]

    問

    1. to ask; to enquire
    2. to investigate; to enquire into
    3. to blame; to criticise
    4. to intervene; to interfere
    5. to interrogate; to sentence
    6. to visit; to call on somebody
    7. question

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 問

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    問

    (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    →

    Counter[edit]

    問 (hiragana もん, rōmaji -mon)

    1. questions, problems

    Noun[edit]

    問 (hiragana とい, rōmaji toi)

    1. Alternative form of 問い

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    問 • (mun) (hangeul 문, McCune–Reischauer mun)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    問 (vấn, vắn, vắng, vẩn, vặn)

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