漢字道KANJIDO

9 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)9 strokesRadical
On
シン・ソ
Kun
いかで・なんぞ
Meaning
how; why

Origin

ORIGIN

Heart 心 with 乍 as phonetic: used as the particle "how" or "why".

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 怎麼そも

    how; what sort of

  • 如何いかん

    how; what about

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

怎麼して斯くも遅れたるか。

How is it that you are so late?

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