Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 門 (もん) – gate

Henshall Mnemonic: mouth asking at gate

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #64 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 問題   [もんだい]
  (n) problem; question   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 質問   [しつもん]
  (n,vs) question; inquiry   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 訪問   [ほうもん]
  (n,vs) call; visit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問い   [とい]
  (n) question; query   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 疑問   [ぎもん]
  (n) question; problem; doubt; guess   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 学問   [がくもん]
  (n) scholarship; study; learning   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 問い合わせ   [といあわせ]
  (n) enquiry; ENQ   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問答   [もんどう]
  (n) questions and answers; dialogue   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 問   [もん]
  problem; question   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問い合わせる   [といあわせる]
  (v1) to enquire; to seek information   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問う   [とう]
  (v5u-s) (1) to ask; to question; to inquire; (2) to charge (i.e. with a crime); to accuse; (3) to care (about); (4) without regard to (with negative verb)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問屋   [とんや]
  (n) wholesale store   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 検問   [けんもん]
  (n) inspection; examination   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 自問   [じもん]
  (n,vs) asking oneself   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 顧問   [こもん]
  (n) adviser; consultant   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 諮問   [しもん]
  (n) question; enquiry   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問責   [もんせき]
  (n,vs) blame; censure; reproof; reprimand; rebuke   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問題意識   [もんだいいしき]
  awareness of the issues   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 問題点   [もんだいてん]
  (n) the point at issue   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 弔問   [ちょうもん]
  (n) condolence call   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 査問   [さもん]
  (n) inquiry; hearing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 戸別訪問   [こべつほうもん]
  (n,vs) door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 南北問題   [なんぼくもんだい]
  North-South problem   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 詰問   [きつもん]
  (n) cross-examination   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 慰問   [いもん]
  (n) condolences; sympathy call   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 設問   [せつもん]
  (n) question   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 審問   [しんもん]
  (n,vs) interrogation; hearing; trial   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 禅問答   [ぜんもんどう]
  (n) Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 喚問   [かんもん]
  (n) summons   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社会問題   [しゃかいもんだい]
  social problem   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 尋問   [じんもん]
  (n) questioning   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 疑問符   [ぎもんふ]
  (n) question mark   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 押し問答   [おしもんどう]
  (n) dispute; heated questioning and answering   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 難問   [なんもん]
  (n) perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 別問題   [べつもんだい]
  (n) different thing; another question; different case   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一問   [いちもん]
  (n) a question   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 拷問   [ごうもん]
  (n) torture; the rack; third degree   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 問 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.