to ask / to inquire

= + : Willy Walrus sees a mouthwatering mandarin hanging over a door in the floor of the encampment's bathroom. He asks himself: "is it a trap?"
to ask; to inquire

問 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
surname Men
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Mahatma Gandhi wants his revenge on the Chinese emperor! Like a spider he sits in the upper left corner of the encampment's kitchen, ready to strike with the trap door he installed in the floor.

Characters with 問 as component

問 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 問

questioning (a suspect) / interrogation
question and answer
interrogation / greeting
to ask for directions / to ask the way (to some place)
question mark (punct.) / unknown factor / unsolved problem / interrogation
lit. look into one's heart, no shame (idiom); with a clear conscience
to ask the way / to ask
(TCM) interrogation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四診|四诊[si4 zhen3]
to denounce / to condemn / to call to account / to punish
to make inquiries / to show interest
to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative)
to hold accountable; to blame; to censure; to apportion blame
lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom) / fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)
to hit the market
punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach
field horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
to hold accountable / to blame / to censure / to apportion blame
lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom) / fig. to seek advice from an incompetent

Sentences with 問

問 currently does not appear in any sentence.