问 wèn ask
Made up of [门 mén entrance; gate radical 169, 口 kǒu mouth radical 30]Similar looking characters : 间 jiàn (gap)
Alternative traditional form of character: 問
Made with 6 strokes.
A representation of a 'mouth' at a 'gateway' or entrance to a house suggesting a question asked in greeting
Related characters
Also uses 门 mén component: 间 jiàn (gap) 间 jiān (between) 们 mén (s) 闰 rùn (leap) 闻 wén (to hear) 闲 xián (to stay idle)
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) 超 chāo (to exceed) 吃 chī (to eat) 船 chuán (boat) 啡 fēi (coffee) 富 fù (rich) 福 fú (good fortune) 告 gào (to tell) 各 gè (each) 宫 gōng (palace) 狗 gǒu (dog) 古 gǔ (ancient) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) 号 hào (name) 和 hé (together) 合 hé (to close) 喝 hē (drink) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 后 hòu (behind) 回 huí (to circle) 或 huò (maybe) 吉 jí (lucky) 叫 jiào (called) 京 jīng (capital) 咎 jiù (fault) 句 jù (sentence) 局 jú (office) 君 jūn (monarch) 咖 kā (coffee) 可 kě (can) 另 lìng (other) 吗 mǎ (?) 命 mìng (life) 名 míng (name) 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) 呢 ne (and you?) 啤 pí (hops) 品 pǐn (article) 如 rú (as) 尚 shàng (still) 事 shì (matter) 史 shǐ (history) 虽 suī (although) 台 tái (typhoon) 唐 táng (Tang) 听 tīng (to listen) 同 tóng (same) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) 兄 xiōng (elder brother) 咬 yǎo (to bite) 右 yòu (right) 语 yǔ (language) 员 yuán (person) 曰 yuē (to speak) 占 zhān (to observe) 只 zhī (one) 知 zhī (to know) 周 zhōu (circuit) 足 zú (foot)
Different tone
文 wén (script) 闻 wén (to hear)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
不耻下问 bù chǐ xià wèn There is no shame in asking help from those less fortunate or senior than yourself.明知故问 míng zhī gù wèn To ask a question when already knowing the answer