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Chinese symbol for “interrogate”

审问
shěn wèn
Traditional: 審問
to interrogate; to examine; to question

The closest CC-CEDICT match for interrogate is 审问 (shěn wèn), defined as: to interrogate; to examine; to question.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

审 shěn
to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
问 wèn
to ask about, to inquire after
radical 169 ⾨ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “interrogate”

WordPinyinMeaning
讯问 (訊問)xùn wènto interrogate; to ask about
盘问 (盤問)pán wènto interrogate; to cross-examine
盘查 (盤查)pán cháto interrogate; to question (at a roadblock)
鞫jūto interrogate; to question
讯 (訊)xùn(bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question

Related words

Other words that share a character with 审问.

WordPinyinMeaning
审查 (審查)shěn cháto examine; to investigate
审判 (審判)shěn pàna trial; to try sb
审议 (審議)shěn yì(of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider; to discuss
审核 (審核)shěn héto audit; to investigate thoroughly
审批 (審批)shěn pīto examine and approve; to endorse
审理 (審理)shěn lǐto hear (a case)
问题 (問題)wèn tíquestion; problem
访问 (訪問)fǎng wènto visit; to call on (a person or place); (computing) to visit (a website); to access (a network resource etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “interrogate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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