問

Meaning

Question, ask · pregunta, preguntar

Readings

• On (音読み): モン
• Kun (訓読み): と.う・と.い

Example words

• 質問（しつもん）— question
• 問題（もんだい）— problem; exam question
• 問い合わせ（といあわせ）— inquiry

Structure

Radical 口 (くち・くちへん · Mouth) · 11 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

"Hacer una pregunta" is 質問をする (or 質問がある), never ×質問を作る; asking a person is 聞く: 先生に聞く. Gate (門) + mouth — compare 聞 (ear in the gate) and 間 (sun in the gate).