| 诘 | |||
| question, interrogate | |||
| Radical | 言訁讠𧥛𧥜 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | jié | Cantonese reading | gat1 kit3 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 詰 | question, interrogate | |
| 诘 | [ jié ] to investigate, to restrain, to scold |
| 诘问 | [ jié wèn ] to ask questions, to interrogate |
| ⇒ 反诘 | [ fǎn jié ] to ask (a question) in reply, to answer a question with a question, rhetorical question |
| ⇒ 反诘问 | [ fǎn jié wèn ] to cross-examine |
| ⇒ 盘诘 | [ pán jié ] to cross-examine (law) |