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何 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
カか · ka
Kun
なに・なんnani · nan
Meaning
what

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 (person) + 可 (sound); it came to be the question word 'what'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカかka幾何学きかがく
Kunなにnani何なん何者なにもの何事なにごと
Kunなんnan何本なんぽん何十なんじゅう何点なんてん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 何回なんかい

    how many times

  • 何時なんじ

    what time

More words with this kanji

  • 何秒なんびょう
  • 幾何きか
  • 何故なぜ
  • 如何いかん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

これは 何(なん)ですか。

What is this?

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading カAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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