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問
問
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See also: 问
Translingual
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Han character
問 (radical 30 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日弓口 (ANR), four-corner 77607, composition ⿵門口)
References
- 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
| trad. | 問 | |
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| simp. | 问 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (門) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): man6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mun
- Min Nan (POJ): mn̄g / būn
- Wu (Wiktionary): men (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ
- Wade-Giles: wên4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenn
- IPA (key): /u̯ən⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: man6
- Yale: mahn
- Cantonese Pinyin: man6
- IPA (key): /mɐn²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mun
- Hakka Romanization System: mun
- Hagfa Pinyim: mun4
- IPA: /mun⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mn̄g / būn
- Tâi-lô: mn̄g / būn
- Phofsit Daibuun: mng, bun
- IPA (Xiamen): /mŋ̍²²/, /bun²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /mŋ̍⁴¹/, /bun⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /mŋ̍²²/, /bun²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /mŋ̍³³/, /bun³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /mŋ̍³³/, /bun³³/
- Note: mn̄g - vernacular; būn - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: men (T3)
- IPA (key): /məɲ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
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| 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) | |
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| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| 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
- to ask; to enquire
- to investigate; to enquire into
- to blame; to criticise
- to intervene; to interfere
- to interrogate; to sentence
- to visit; to call on somebody
- question
Compounds
Derived terms from 問
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Japanese
Kanji
問
Readings
Compounds
Related terms
Counter
問 (hiragana もん, romaji -mon)
Noun
- Alternative form of 問い
Korean
Hanja
問 • (mun) (hangeul 문, McCune-Reischauer mun)
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