問
question; ask; problem
11 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 64.
Readings
- モン (on reading): 問題 (もんだい) question (e.g. on a test); 質問 (しつもん) question
- とう (kun reading): 問う (とう) to ask; 妻問婚 (つまどいこん) type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her
- とい (kun reading): 問い合わせ (といあわせ) inquiry; 問い合わせる (といあわせる) to enquire
- とん (kun reading): 問屋 (とんや) wholesale store; 米問屋 (こめどんや) wholesale rice dealer
Components
Words using 問
- 問題 (もんだい) question (e.g. on a test)
- 質問 (しつもん) question
- 訪問 (ほうもん) call
- 疑問 (ぎもん) doubt
- 顧問 (こもん) adviser
- 問う (とう) to ask
- 妻問婚 (つまどいこん) type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her
- 裏問う (うらどう) to ascertain a person's innermost feelings
- 問わず語り (とわずがたり) unprompted remark
- 鼎の軽重を問う (かなえのけいちょうをとう) to call someone's ability into question
- 問い合わせ (といあわせ) inquiry
- 問い合わせる (といあわせる) to enquire
- 問い (とい) question
- 問いかける (といかける) to ask a question
- 問い詰める (といつめる) to press a question
- 問屋 (とんや) wholesale store
- 米問屋 (こめどんや) wholesale rice dealer
- 卸問屋 (おろしどんや) wholesaler
- 酒問屋 (さかどんや) liquor store
- 現金問屋 (げんきんどんや) cash-basis wholesaler
- 無問題 (モーマンタイ) no problem
376 words in all.