問

See also: 问 and 門
問 U+554F, 問
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-554F
← 啎
[U+554E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 啐 →
[U+5550]
㉄ U+3244, ㉄
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH QUESTION
← ㉃
[U+3243] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㉅ →
[U+3245]

Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order
(alternative)

Han character

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

Derived characters
  • 𠍒, 𠼋, 𰊥, 𢴌, 𣼶, 𣙎, 𥏿, 𦄞, 𫍋, 𡫡, 𥐔, 𧢈, 𦟲, 蔄

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 195, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3814
  • Dae Jaweon: page 416, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4284, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+554F

Chinese
trad. 問
simp. 问

Glyph origin
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／形声, OC *mɯns) : phonetic 門 (OC *mɯːn) + semantic 口.

Etymology

Exoactive derivation of 聞 (OC *mɯn, “to hear”) with suffix *-s, literally "let (me) hear" (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • muóng - vernacular;
  • ông - literary.
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
Baxter mjunH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 man6
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

問

  1. to ask
    我能問個問題嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
    我能问个问题吗？ [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ néng wèn ge wèntí ma? [Pinyin]
    May I ask a question?
    問他到哪兒去。／问他到哪儿去。  ―  Wèn tā dào nǎr qù.  ―  Ask him where to go.
    你問我，我問邊個？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你问我，我问边个？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 man6 ngo5, ngo5 man6 bin1 go3? [Jyutping]
    You ask me, but who do I ask? → I don't know the answer to your question.
  2. to inquire about; to ask about
  3. to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone
  4. to try; to interrogate; to subject to an inquest
  5. to call to account; to hold to account; to take to task
  6. to interfere; to intervene; to meddle
  7. (colloquial) to; from
  8. a surname: Wen

Synonyms
  • (to ask):
  • (to inquire about):
  • (to send one's regards):
  • (to try):
  • (to call to account):
  • (to interfere):

Compounds

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji
問

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. question, inquiry

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
問
もん
Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese 問 (MC mjunH).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mõ̞ɴ]

Counter

問(もん) • (-mon) 

  1. counter for questions, problems

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
問
とい
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 問 – see the following entry.
【問とい】
[noun] question, inquiry
(This term, 問, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

問 (eumhun 물을 문 (mureul mun))

  1. Hanja form? of 문 (“ask; question”).

Vietnamese

Han character

問: Hán Nôm readings: vấn, vắn, vắng, vẩn, vặn

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