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問 = 口 + 門
問 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “question”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 門 (gates). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1744.
- Keyword
- question
- RTK frame
- 1744
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- モン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- と.う, と.い, とん
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- вопрос
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 問 ask (about)
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 問 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “gates”. 問 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 問 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.