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問 means 'question'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 132   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-4    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 9    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 70 words   Used in 324 words   Used in 99 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   モン
Kun
   とい question   とう to ask   とん wholesale
Additional readings
Name    はる
Variants
问 (Chinese)  
Components
⿵  門 gate  口 mouth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 問 is used 12 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 問 is used 316 times, read 3 ways (with 4 variations).
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モン : 275 words FIND ALL
も ん だ い 0
noun
1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
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とん : 2 words FIND ALL
と ん や 0
noun
wholesale store
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とい : 28 words FIND ALL
と う 0 と う 1
Godan verb with `u' ending (special class), transitive verb
1. to ask; to inquire
2. to charge (e.g. with a crime); to accuse
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とん (read as どん) : 4 words FIND ALL
noun
fish wholesaler
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とい (read as とい) : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
last death anniversary for which there is a memorial service held (usu. the 32nd or 49th)  (see also: 弔い上げ; Buddhist term)
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とい (read as ど) : 3 words FIND ALL
Godan verb with `u' ending (special class)
to ascertain a person's innermost feelings  (obscure term)
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どい: 1 word. FIND ALL
つ ま ど い こ ん 3
noun
type of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her; duolocal marriage
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An additional と.う less common words include 問 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 418 (originally: 396)  Joy o' Kanji : 396  Key to Kanji: 1012 

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問
モン   とい question   とう to ask   とん wholesale   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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