IDENTITY
问wènto ask
HSK 1Top 260
CORE MEANING
to ask
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to askHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 门door radical (mén)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿵门口
- door
- mouth
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
问题wèntíquestion
请问qǐngwènexcuse me; may I ask
问好wènhǎoto say hello
Graded examples
请问，洗手间在哪里？Qǐngwèn, xǐshǒujiān zài nǎlǐ?HSK1
Excuse me, where is the restroom?
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A mouth (口) at the door (门) asking questions.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #260
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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