問題

もんだい

problem, question

Mnemonic

A mouth at the gate asking, and a head with the thing set down in front of it. Mon もん, die だい, and one of these has come up and is not going away: もんだい.

Worth knowing

Does both jobs. A problem you have, and a question on an exam paper.

Built from

問

question, ask

門 gate + 口 mouth

題

topic, subject

是 this one + 頁 head

Words sharing these kanji

質問 question 疑問 question, doubt 問う to ask, to inquire 話題 topic of conversation

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