何

何 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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象形。物を担いだ人を象ったもの（甲骨文字の形を参照）。周代に形声文字「人」+音符「可」として再解釈された。「になう」「かつぐ」を意味する漢語｛荷｝を表す字。のち仮借して疑問詞の｛何｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

what

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

On (Sino-Japanese)

Kun (native)

Nanori (used in names)

Other languages

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻可

何なにwhat, you-know-what, that thing, whatsit
何かなにかsomething, some, any, somehow
何もなにも「なにも」の漢字表記。(not) anything, (nothing) at all, (not) any, nothing
何度なんど温度や角度などで度数がわからない時に言う語。回数などがわからない時に言う語。how many times, how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
何のどのwhich, what (way)
何とかなんとかsomething, something or other, so-and-so, somehow (handling, dealing with something)
何よりなによりabove anything else, above all, more than anything, best
何人なにびと人数がはっきりしないことを表す語。幾人。anyone, any person, whoever
何でもなんでもany, anything, whatever, whatever one likes
何回なんかいどれくらいの回数。多くの回数。何度。how many times
何となんとwhat, how, what (a) ...!, how ...!
何ともなんともreally, very, extremely, terribly
何らなんら(not) in any way, (not) at all, (none) whatsoever, what kind of
何十なんじゅう(several) tens, dozens, scores (of)
何者なにもの「なにもの」の漢字表記。「なんとなれば」の漢字表記。who, what kind of person
何事なにごとwhat, what sort of thing, everything, anything
何でなんでwhy?, what for?, how?, by what means?
何百なんびゃくhundreds
何だかなんだか(a) little, somewhat, somehow
何千なんぜんmany thousands

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.