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何

what
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingカ
Kun readingなに、なん、なに-、なん-
JōyōGrade 2
  1. you-know-what
  2. that thing
  3. whatsit
  4. whachamacallit

Popular Usage

如何何れ何時如何に何時か何時も如何にも何時でも何時までも何時の間にか

Radicals and components

Radical人personComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · can · mouth (口) · street (行) · nail · spike

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1087

Compound words

何時なんじ
what time; which hour
如何いかが
how; in what way; how about; questionable
何時もいつも
always; all the time; at all times; never; usual
如何にいかに
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much)
如何にもいかにも
indeed; really; truly; just (like); very
何時でもいつでも
always; all the time; at all times; (at) any time; whenever (you like)
何かなにか
something; some; any; somehow; for some reason
何てなんて
how ...!; what ...!; what?; what's that?
何となんと
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly
何もなにも
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing; and everything else
何回なんかい
how many times
何歳なんさい
how old; what age
何事なにごと
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?
何者なにもの
who; what kind of person
何人なんにん
how many people; a number of people
何千なんぜん
many thousands
何卒なにとぞ
please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you; by all means
何度なんど
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
何らなんら
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
何日なんにち
what day; how many days
何年なんねん
how many years; how long; what year
何百なんびゃく
hundreds
何分なにぶん
some; any; (a) little; of some kind; of some sort
何分なんぷん
what minute; how many minutes

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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