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Chinese symbol for “question”

问题
wèn tí
Traditional: 問題
question; problem; issue; topic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for question is 问题 (wèn tí), defined as: question; problem; issue; topic; 个 (gè).

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

问 wèn
to ask about, to inquire after
radical 169 ⾨ · 6 strokes
题 tí
forehead; headline, title; theme
radical 181 ⾴ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “question”

WordPinyinMeaning
疑问 (疑問)yí wènquestion; interrogation
提问 (提問)tí wènto question; to quiz; to grill
质问 (質問)zhì wènto question; to ask questions
质询 (質詢)zhì xúnto question; to enquire
发问 (發問)fā wènto question; to ask

Related words

Other words that share a character with 问题.

WordPinyinMeaning
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)
顾问 (顧問)gù wènadviser; consultant
询问 (詢問)xún wènto inquire; to ask about
请问 (請問)qǐng wènExcuse me, may I ask...?
疑问 (疑問)yí wènquestion; interrogation
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
话题 (話題)huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic
专题 (專題)zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic

See also: Japanese symbol for “question”.

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.