Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
yell, cry, call, scream, summon
Kun:
わめ.く
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 喚問 【カンモン】 summons
  • 喚起 【カンキ】 arousal, excitation, awakening, evocation
  • 叫喚 【キョウカン】 shout, scream
  • 阿鼻叫喚 【アビキョウカン】 agonizing cries, pandemonium, two of Buddhism's hells

Kun reading compounds

  • 喚く 【わめく】 to shout, to cry (out), to yell, to scream, to clamour

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan4
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • gritar
  • llamar
  • grito
  • alarido

Portuguese

  • Gritar
  • choro
  • grito

French

  • hurler
  • crier
1103 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1953 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
958 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1405 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1139 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1587 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1694 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1435 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
308 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
666 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
404 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1051 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3953 Morohashi
550 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
852 New Nelson (John Haig)
1042 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1121 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1508 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d9.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
6703.4 Four corner code
1-20-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
559a Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
question, ask, problem
Kun:
と.うと.いとん
On:
モン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
64 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 問 【モン】 counter for questions
  • 問責 【モンセキ】 blame, censure, reproof, reprimand, rebuke
  • 設問 【セツモン】 posing a question, question
  • 弔問 【チョウモン】 condolence call, visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences

Kun reading compounds

  • 問う 【とう】 to ask, to inquire, to blame (someone) for, to accuse of, to pursue (question of responsibility), to charge with, to care about, to regard as important, to call into question, to doubt, to question
  • 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる 【とうにおちずかたるにおちる】 to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
  • 問い 【とい】 question, query
  • 問い合わせ 【といあわせ】 inquiry, query, enquiry
  • 更問 【さらとい】 follow-up question, additional question
  • 問屋 【とんや】 wholesale store, wholesale dealer, wholesaler

Readings

Japanese names:
はる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • duda
  • pregunta
  • problema
  • preguntar
  • acusar

Portuguese

  • perguntar
  • pergunta
  • problema

French

  • question
  • demander
  • problème
520 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
418 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
396 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
75 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4944 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
175 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
140 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1524 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
162 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
162 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
239 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
331 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4117 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2091 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2833 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1631 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3814 Morohashi
3320 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
830 New Nelson (John Haig)
1617 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1744 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
41 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
387 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3877 2001 Kanji
8e3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-3 SKIP code
7760.7 Four corner code
1-44-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
554f Unicode hex code