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How do you read 諮問 in Japanese?
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Seeking the opinion of someone with specialist knowledge, or of an expert body. 諮 combines 言 with 咨.
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kanji with 言 beside 次 above 口
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character 諮 speech radical beside 咨
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諮: 16 strokes; radical 言 (speech). 問: 11 strokes; radical 口 (mouth). Visual search descriptions are distinct from dictionary radical classifications.
諮16 strokes / radical: 言 (speech)
問11 strokes / radical: 口 (mouth)
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The answer is
しもん
shimon
諮問
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English translationSeeking expert advice
Requesting the opinion of an expert or specialist body, often when an organization is considering a policy or course of action.
See it in a sentence
図書館は新しい展示方針について、外部の専門家に諮問した。The library sought advice from an outside expert on its new exhibition policy.
A way to remember
諮 is shi and 問 is mon. The right-hand part 咨 has 次 above 口.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 諮問
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Specify the issue for consultation
Use 専門委員会に諮問する. State who was consulted and on what issue to make the stage of the process clear.
例：運営側は、資料の保存方法について専門委員会に諮問した。
The organizers consulted an expert committee about how to preserve the materials.
Consulting does not itself mean adopting the advice
A statement that consultation occurred tells us advice was requested. The word alone does not establish whether it was received or adopted.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 諮問
Explanation checked on 2026-11-02. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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