问 (wèn): meaning and stroke order
问 (wèn) means to ask; to inquire.
问
- Simplified
- 问
- Traditional
- 問
- Pinyin
- wèn
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Stroke order of 问
问
- wèn to ask; to inquire
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 問
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Meaning of 问
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wèn
Traditional 問
- to ask; to inquire
Radical and structure
- 问
- Radical 门 (Kangxi radical 169) in its simplified form · 6 strokes · built from 门 and 口
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 问
- 问题 wèn tí question; problem
- 疑问 yí wèn question; interrogation
- 请问 qǐng wèn Excuse me, may I ask...?
问 in our stories
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医生问：“你昨天吃了什么？”
yīshēng wèn nǐ zuótiān chī le shénme
The doctor asks, "What did you eat yesterday?"
From the story Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
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他问一位老奶奶：“请问，书店怎么走？”
tā wèn yí wèi lǎonǎinai qǐngwèn shūdiàn zěnme zǒu
He asks an old lady, "Excuse me, how do I get to the bookshop?"
From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
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方明问：“你喝什么？”叶子说：“跟你一样。”
Fāng Míng wèn nǐ hē shénme Yèzi shuō gēn nǐ yíyàng
Fang Ming asked, "What would you like to drink?" Yezi said, "The same as you."
From the story The first date HSK 2
Where you learn it
问 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 问
- Ice-cold watermelon HSK 2
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- The first date HSK 2
- The cheap room HSK 3
- The honest answer HSK 3
- Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).