漢字道KANJIDO

7 strokesRadical

9Elementary year 27 strokesRadical
On
Kun
なに・なん
Meaning
what

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

幾何学
なに何・何者・何事
なん何本・何十・何点

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

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

これは 何ですか。

What is this?

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