Characters › 问
6 strokes · radical 门 (gate) · traditional 問
11 strokes · simplified 问
A way to remember it
A mouth in a doorway. Standing at the gate and calling in is asking.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
to ask; to inquire
wèn — to ask; to inquire
Radical 门 (gate) · 6 strokes · traditional 問
11 strokes · simplified 问
A way to remember itA mouth in a doorway. Standing at the gate and calling in is asking.