Jisho

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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

18 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
topic, subject
On:
ダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
96 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 題 【ダイ】 title, subject, theme, topic, problem (on a test), question, counter for questions (on a test)
  • 題材 【ダイザイ】 subject, theme
  • 表題 【ヒョウダイ】 title, index, heading, headline, caption
  • 命題 【メイダイ】 proposition, thesis, notion, theory, problem, issue, challenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ti2
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • objeto
  • tema
  • materia

Portuguese

  • tópico
  • assunto

French

  • sujet
464 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
360 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
340 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
123 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2164 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
393 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
276 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
354 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
355 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
327 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1895 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2103 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2848 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
396 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43584 Morohashi
3337 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6645 New Nelson (John Haig)
389 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
415 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
51 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
440 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3870 2001 Kanji
9a9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-9-9 SKIP code
6180.8 Four corner code
1-34-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
984c Unicode hex code

16 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun
Kun:
さ.けるよ.ける
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
756 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 避難民 【ヒナンミン】 evacuees, displaced persons, refugees
  • 避難 【ヒナン】 taking refuge, finding shelter, evacuation, escape, seeking safe haven
  • 不可避 【フカヒ】 inevitable, inescapable, unavoidable
  • 退避 【タイヒ】 taking refuge, evacuation, backup (of data)

Kun reading compounds

  • 避ける 【さける】 to avoid (physical contact with), to avoid (situation), to evade (question, subject), to shirk (one's responsibilities), to ward off, to avert, to put aside, to move out of the way
  • 避ける 【さける】 to avoid (physical contact with), to avoid (situation), to evade (question, subject), to shirk (one's responsibilities), to ward off, to avert, to put aside, to move out of the way

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
pi

Spanish

  • evadir
  • evitar
  • esquivar
  • eludir
  • rehuir

Portuguese

  • Evadir-se
  • evitar
  • prevenir-se
  • guardar-se
  • esquivar-se
  • escapar

French

  • éviter
  • fuir
  • parer
  • écarter (danger)
  • empêcher
  • se dérober
1733 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
886 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4749 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1746 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1822 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1491 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1590 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1365 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
724 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2031 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2742 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1515 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39163P Morohashi
3179 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6120 New Nelson (John Haig)
1501 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1618 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1857 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3755 2001 Kanji
2q13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-13 SKIP code
3-2-13 SKIP code
3030.4 Four corner code
1-40-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
907f Unicode hex code