Read Edit View history Discussion 問 wèn HSK1 ask (about) Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 門 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wèn ×wen × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 问 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 問 Simp strokes 問 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 問 Simp strokes 問 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 問 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 203, 760 ], [ 238, 722 ], [ 247, 645 ], [ 241, 327 ], [ 214, 138 ], [ 215, 86 ] ], [ [ 272, 739 ], [ 288, 735 ], [ 395, 758 ], [ 414, 750 ], [ 432, 730 ], [ 407, 519 ], [ 400, 500 ], [ 388, 501 ] ], [ [ 275, 604 ], [ 297, 623 ], [ 353, 622 ] ], [ [ 268, 490 ], [ 281, 500 ], [ 376, 519 ] ], [ [ 592, 821 ], [ 623, 787 ], [ 629, 765 ], [ 634, 583 ], [ 644, 529 ] ], [ [ 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731 398 700 Q 388 544 383 526 C 378 496 375 497 376 495 Z", "M 268 598 Q 314 607 348 611 Q 372 617 362 628 Q 350 641 324 645 Q 302 646 270 634 C 242 624 239 592 268 598 Z", "M 265 483 Q 266 483 271 483 Q 329 492 376 495 C 406 497 410 513 383 526 Q 376 530 367 531 Q 331 535 265 510 C 237 499 235 483 265 483 Z", "M 645 802 Q 623 821 597 831 Q 590 834 585 829 Q 578 825 585 813 Q 615 750 609 608 Q 606 548 636 522 Q 637 521 640 519 Q 655 513 659 540 L 661 571 Q 661 583 656 667 L 655 699 Q 655 739 657 770 C 658 791 658 791 645 802 Z", "M 818 553 Q 824 109 803 76 Q 799 70 779 74 Q 752 81 724 90 Q 703 97 704 87 Q 762 32 792 -6 Q 805 -27 822 -32 Q 832 -36 840 -26 Q 885 29 883 82 Q 870 311 868 683 Q 867 746 882 772 Q 895 793 882 804 Q 860 823 821 840 Q 802 847 786 841 Q 728 811 645 802 C 615 798 628 764 657 770 Q 717 782 772 792 Q 791 795 799 783 Q 814 770 814 721 Q 815 646 818 576 L 818 553 Z", "M 656 667 Q 714 676 759 680 Q 781 684 773 696 Q 763 711 737 715 Q 692 721 655 699 C 629 684 626 662 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