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問とい

See also: 问, and 門もん
問とい U+554F, 問
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-554F
← 啎
[U+554E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 啐 →
[U+5550]
㉄ U+3244, ㉄
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH QUESTION
← ㉃
[U+3243] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㉅ →
[U+3245]

Translingual

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Han character

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問とい (Kangxi radical 30, 口くち+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 日にち弓ゆみ口こう (ANR), four-corner 77607, composition ⿵門もん口くち)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 195, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3814
  • Dae Jaweon: page 416, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4284, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+554F

Chinese

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trad. 問とい
simp. 问

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (門もん) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蔄 *roːs, *mruːns
闅 *min, *mrɯn, *mɯn
閩 *mrɯn, *mɯn
蕄 *mɯːŋ, *mrɯːŋ
門もん *mɯːn
捫 *mɯːn
悶もだえ *mɯːns
聞 *mɯn, *mɯns
閿 *mɯn
問とい *mɯns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *mɯns) : phonetic 門もん (OC *mɯːn) + semantic 口くち.

Etymology

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Exoactive derivation of 聞 (OC *mɯn, “to hear”) with suffix *-s, literally "let (me) hear" (Schuessler, 2007). See there for more.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • muóng - vernacular;
  • ông - literary.
Note:
  • mn̄g/mūi/mňg - vernacular;
  • būn - literary.
Note: meng7 - Chaoyang, Jieyang.
Note:
  • 6men - colloquial;
  • 6ven - literary.
Note:
  • un5 - vernacular;
  • un4 - literary.
    Rime
    Character 問とい
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲こえ) 明あきら (4)
    Final (韻いん) 文ぶん (59)
    Tone (調しらべ) Departing (H)
    Openness (開ひらき合あい) Closed
    Division (等ひとし) III
    Fanqie 亡ほろび運うん切きり
    Baxter mjunH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/mɨunH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/miunH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/miuənH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/munH/
    Li
    Rong         		/miuənH/
    Wang
    Li         		/mĭuənH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/mi̯uənH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		wèn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		man6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 問とい
    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;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 問とい
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8967
    Phonetic
    component         		門もん
    Rime
    group         		文ぶん
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		問とい
    Old
    Chinese         		/*mɯns/

    Definitions

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    問とい

    1. to ask
      我わが能のう問とい個こ問題もんだい嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
      我わが能のう问个问题吗？ [MSC, simp.]
      Wǒ néng wèn ge wèntí ma? [Pinyin]
      May I ask a question?
      問とい他た到いた哪兒去さ。／问他た到いた哪儿去さ。  ―  Wèn tā dào nǎr qù.  ―  Ask him where to go.
      你問とい我わが，我わが問とい邊あたり個こ？ [Cantonese, trad.]
      你问我わが，我わが问边个？ [Cantonese, simp.]
      nei5 man6 ngo5, ngo5 man6 bin1 go3? [Jyutping]
      You ask me, but who do I ask? → I don't know the answer to your question.
    2. to inquire about; to ask about
    3. to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone
    4. to try; to interrogate; to subject to an inquest
    5. to call to account; to hold to account; to take to task
    6. to interfere; to intervene; to meddle
    7. (colloquial) to; from
    8. a surname: Wen

    Synonyms

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    • (to ask):
    • (to inquire about):
    • (to send one's regards):
    • (to try):
    • (to call to account):
    • (to interfere):

    Compounds

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    Further reading

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    • “Entry #7044”, in 教育きょういく部ぶ臺灣たいわん台たい語ご常用じょうよう詞し辭典じてん (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    問とい

    (Third grade kyōiku kanji)

    1. question, inquiry

    Readings

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    Compounds

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    Compounds

    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    問とい
    もん
    Grade: 3
    goon

    From Middle Chinese 問とい (MC mjunH).

    Pronunciation

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    Counter

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    問とい(もん) • (-mon) 

    1. counter for questions, problems

    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    問とい
    とい
    Grade: 3
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 問とい – see the following entry.
    【問といとい】
    [noun] question, inquiry
    (This term, 問とい, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    問とい (eumhun 물을 문 (mureul mun))

    1. hanja form? of 문 (“ask; question”)

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    問とい: Hán Nôm readings: vấn, vắn, vắng, vẩn, vặn

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