Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

64 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: question, ask, problem

Kunyomi: と.う と.い とん

Onyomi: モン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: もんがまえ

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

する(しつもんする)   inquire

する(ほうもんする)   visit

題(もんだい)   problem, question

い合わせる(といあわせる)   seek information, inquire

う(とう)   ask a question

屋(とんや)   wholesale store

Onyomi Examples

モン counter for questions

モンセキ blame, censure, reproof, reprimand, rebuke

セツモン posing a question, question

チョウモン condolence call

Kunyomi Examples

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

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

とい question, query

い合わせ といあわせ enquiry, inquiry, query, interrogation, ENQ

さらとい follow-up question, additional question

とんや wholesale store, wholesale dealer, wholesaler