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

to visit / to call on / to interview / CL:次[ci4]
to interrogate / to ask about
to ask oneself / to search one's soul / to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter
I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask
to go personally to consult subordinates (of a high official)
international exchange of visits / to visit as envoy / to visit as family representative for purpose of marriage arrangement (traditional culture)
if it's plowing ask the laborer, if it's weaving ask the maid (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist
to send punitive forces against / (fig.) to criticize violently
Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
if it's plowing, ask the laborer (idiom); when managing a matter, consult the appropriate specialist
to pass by without showing interest (idiom)
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom)
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

Sentences with 問

問 currently does not appear in any sentence.