奚 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「大」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「大」
- On
- ケイ
- Kun
- なんぞ
- Meaning
- why; how
Origin
A pictograph of a hand seizing a person: originally a servant, borrowed for the particle "why".
Stroke order
Compounds
- 奚なんぞ
why; how
- 何故なぜ
why
Example
奚ぞ我を責むるや、と問い返した。
"Why do you blame me?" they asked in return.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)