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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

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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trad. 問
simp. 问

Glyph origin

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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

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

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • muóng - vernacular;
  • ông - literary.
Note:
  • mn̄g/mūi/mňg - vernacular;
  • būn - literary.
Note: meng7 - Chaoyang, Jieyang.
Note:
  • 6men - colloquial;
  • 6ven - literary.
Note:
  • un5 - vernacular;
  • un4 - 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

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    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

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

    Compounds

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    Further reading

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    問

    (Third grade kyōiku kanji)

    1. question, inquiry

    Readings

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    Compounds

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    Compounds

    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    問
    もん
    Grade: 3
    goon

    From Middle Chinese 問 (MC mjunH).

    Pronunciation

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    Counter

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    問(もん) • (-mon) 

    1. counter for questions, problems

    Etymology 2

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    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

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    Hanja

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    問 (eumhun 물을 문 (mureul mun))

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

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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

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