Chinese Character 問 Meanings and components.

Form

問

Meaning

問 meaning[3] in English

To Ask.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 問 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Men (門) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with ANR

How to write 問

To write問wen4to ask you should write a combination of 門men2surname Men , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 回 shape:

門 + 口 = 問

問 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 問 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 問, looks as follow:

問
Pinyin:wen4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Ask
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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