きく
鞠
もん
問

noun, takes する, transitive verb

Obsolete term.
  1. questioning (someone) about a crime, interrogation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
きく
鞠
もん
問
 鞠問 きくもん
きく
鞫
もん
問
 鞫問 きくもん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

ball
まり　キク　キュウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
leather, skin, reform
カク　かわ (6th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
handful
キク　コク　むす.ぶ
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
question, ask, problem
モン　と.う　とん (3rd, N4)
gate, counter for cannons
モン　かど　と (2nd, N2)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)