Read Edit View history 问 wèn HSK1 ask (about) Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 問. Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 门 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wèn ×wen × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 問 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 问 Simp strokes 问 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 问 Simp strokes 问 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 问 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 316, 783 ], [ 387, 725 ], [ 405, 702 ] ], [ [ 195, 675 ], [ 204, 671 ], [ 239, 626 ], [ 242, 577 ], [ 244, 430 ], [ 237, 263 ], [ 213, 108 ], [ 215, 48 ] ], [ [ 516, 733 ], [ 549, 725 ], [ 582, 727 ], [ 687, 754 ], [ 780, 766 ], [ 808, 757 ], [ 832, 726 ], [ 829, 671 ], [ 842, 224 ], [ 837, 87 ], [ 820, 48 ], [ 772, 56 ], [ 670, 95 ] ], [ [ 364, 483 ], [ 389, 462 ], [ 399, 443 ], [ 436, 252 ] ], [ [ 421, 481 ], [ 431, 473 ], [ 449, 471 ], [ 595, 506 ], [ 634, 500 ], [ 660, 474 ], [ 630, 372 ], [ 605, 354 ] ], [ [ 457, 292 ], [ 470, 307 ], [ 603, 327 ], [ 641, 328 ], [ 666, 319 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 313 760 Q 338 729 365 698 Q 386 679 405 677 Q 421 676 429 697 Q 432 713 421 737 Q 409 756 381 768 Q 338 789 319 792 Q 309 795 307 781 Q 304 771 313 760 Z", "M 189 661 Q 244 529 205 243 Q 198 197 182 149 Q 163 86 202 42 Q 215 26 227 42 Q 261 84 263 251 Q 263 539 276 625 Q 279 646 260 657 Q 233 679 203 688 Q 191 689 184 680 Q 180 673 189 661 Z", "M 518 742 Q 502 742 506 732 Q 513 719 536 709 Q 551 700 574 706 Q 766 761 786 732 Q 796 716 802 657 Q 820 416 807 143 Q 806 103 791 91 Q 772 78 678 103 Q 660 104 662 95 Q 663 88 677 82 Q 759 33 804 -7 Q 826 -28 840 -24 Q 853 -21 864 9 Q 880 57 877 126 Q 856 508 858 651 Q 859 691 871 715 Q 883 737 872 749 Q 862 765 813 789 Q 791 801 728 780 Q 599 750 518 742 Z", "M 412 483 Q 399 487 371 493 Q 358 497 355 491 Q 348 485 357 468 Q 385 405 403 303 Q 406 273 423 252 Q 442 230 447 245 Q 453 261 451 286 L 447 320 Q 431 420 429 451 C 427 479 427 479 412 483 Z", "M 648 346 Q 672 433 705 458 Q 721 477 707 495 Q 638 552 580 523 Q 508 499 412 483 C 382 478 400 445 429 451 L 585 482 Q 603 486 610 479 Q 620 470 618 450 Q 611 395 598 349 C 590 320 640 317 648 346 Z", "M 451 286 Q 455 286 463 287 Q 527 300 663 310 Q 673 311 675 320 Q 675 327 648 346 C 633 357 627 356 598 349 Q 514 330 447 320 C 417 315 421 284 451 286 Z" ] } 6 strokes 问 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 316, 783 ], [ 387, 725 ], [ 405, 702 ] ], [ [ 195, 675 ], [ 204, 671 ], [ 239, 626 ], [ 242, 577 ], [ 244, 430 ], [ 237, 263 ], [ 213, 108 ], [ 215, 48 ] ], [ [ 516, 733 ], [ 549, 725 ], [ 582, 727 ], [ 687, 754 ], [ 780, 766 ], [ 808, 757 ], [ 832, 726 ], [ 829, 671 ], [ 842, 224 ], [ 837, 87 ], [ 820, 48 ], [ 772, 56 ], [ 670, 95 ] ], [ [ 364, 483 ], [ 389, 462 ], [ 399, 443 ], [ 436, 252 ] ], [ [ 421, 481 ], [ 431, 473 ], [ 449, 471 ], [ 595, 506 ], [ 634, 500 ], [ 660, 474 ], [ 630, 372 ], [ 605, 354 ] ], [ [ 457, 292 ], [ 470, 307 ], [ 603, 327 ], [ 641, 328 ], [ 666, 319 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 313 760 Q 338 729 365 698 Q 386 679 405 677 Q 421 676 429 697 Q 432 713 421 737 Q 409 756 381 768 Q 338 789 319 792 Q 309 795 307 781 Q 304 771 313 760 Z", "M 189 661 Q 244 529 205 243 Q 198 197 182 149 Q 163 86 202 42 Q 215 26 227 42 Q 261 84 263 251 Q 263 539 276 625 Q 279 646 260 657 Q 233 679 203 688 Q 191 689 184 680 Q 180 673 189 661 Z", "M 518 742 Q 502 742 506 732 Q 513 719 536 709 Q 551 700 574 706 Q 766 761 786 732 Q 796 716 802 657 Q 820 416 807 143 Q 806 103 791 91 Q 772 78 678 103 Q 660 104 662 95 Q 663 88 677 82 Q 759 33 804 -7 Q 826 -28 840 -24 Q 853 -21 864 9 Q 880 57 877 126 Q 856 508 858 651 Q 859 691 871 715 Q 883 737 872 749 Q 862 765 813 789 Q 791 801 728 780 Q 599 750 518 742 Z", "M 412 483 Q 399 487 371 493 Q 358 497 355 491 Q 348 485 357 468 Q 385 405 403 303 Q 406 273 423 252 Q 442 230 447 245 Q 453 261 451 286 L 447 320 Q 431 420 429 451 C 427 479 427 479 412 483 Z", "M 648 346 Q 672 433 705 458 Q 721 477 707 495 Q 638 552 580 523 Q 508 499 412 483 C 382 478 400 445 429 451 L 585 482 Q 603 486 610 479 Q 620 470 618 450 Q 611 395 598 349 C 590 320 640 317 648 346 Z", "M 451 286 Q 455 286 463 287 Q 527 300 663 310 Q 673 311 675 320 Q 675 327 648 346 C 633 357 627 356 598 349 Q 514 330 447 320 C 417 315 421 284 451 286 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.