曷 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「日」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「日」
- On
- カツ
- Kun
- なんぞ・いつ・いずくんぞ・なに
- Meaning
- why; when
Origin
曰 with 匃 as phonetic: used as the particle for a question.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 曷なんぞ
why; how
- 曷ぞなんぞ
why on earth
Example
曷ぞ我を疑うや、と問うた。
"Why do you doubt me?" they asked.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)