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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
何 (radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓口 (OMNR), four-corner 21220, composition ⿰亻可)
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 98, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 511
- Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 130, character 4
- Unihan data for U+4F55
ChineseEdit
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Glyph originEdit
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| Old Chinese | |
| 砢 | *ɡ·raːlʔ |
| 柯 | *kaːl |
| 菏 | *kaːl, *ɡaːl |
| 牁 | *kaːl |
| 滒 | *kaːl |
| 哥 | *kaːl |
| 歌 | *kaːl |
| 謌 | *kaːl |
| 鴚 | *kaːl |
| 哿 | *kaːlʔ |
| 舸 | *kaːlʔ |
| 笴 | *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ |
| 軻 | *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 珂 | *kʰaːl |
| 可 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 岢 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 坷 | *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 蚵 | *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl |
| 呵 | *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls |
| 訶 | *qʰaːl |
| 抲 | *qʰaːl |
| 荷 | *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 何 | *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 河 | *ɡaːl |
| 苛 | *ɡaːl |
| 魺 | *ɡaːl |
| 袔 | *ɡaːls |
| 阿 | *qaːl |
| 妸 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 疴 | *qaːl, *kʰraːls |
| 鈳 | *qaːl |
| 娿 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 痾 | *qaːl |
| 跒 | *kʰraːlʔ |
| 閜 | *qʰraːlʔ |
Pictogram (象形): a man carrying something.
Pronunciation 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
何
- (interrogative pronoun asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc. of something) what; which
- 何日 ― hérì ― what day; when
- (interrogative pronoun asking for reason, manner, etc. of an action) why; how
- † (forming emphatic sentences) so; such; what; how
- A surname.
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- (Hokkien dialect) Tagalog: Ho
Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
何
- † Original form of 荷 (“to carry”).
Pronunciation 3Edit
DefinitionsEdit
何
- † Original form of 呵 (“to scold; to criticise; to denounce”).
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 何
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JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
何
ReadingsEdit
- Goon: が (ga)←が (ga, historical)
- Kan’on: か (ka, Jōyō)←か (ka, historical)
- Kun: なに (nani, 何, Jōyō)←なに (nani, historical); なん (nan, 何, Jōyō, uncommon)←なん (nan, historical); いず (izu, 何)←いづ (idu, historical); いずれ (izure, 何れ)←いづれ (idure, historical); いずく (izuku, 何く)←いづく (iduku, historical)
- Nanori: あが (aga)
PronunciationEdit
CompoundsEdit
InterjectionEdit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 何 |
| なに Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
- What?, Huh?
PronounEdit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 何 |
| なに Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
何 (hiragana なに, rōmaji nani) (alternative reading hiragana なん, romaji nan)
- what
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 92)
- 汝何所爲 奈尓世牟止曽
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 92)
- that thing (used in place of words you can't remember at the moment.)
Usage notesEdit
- 何 is usually read as なに, but before だ, で, の, it is read as なん. When followed by で, both readings are possible, albeit with different meanings.
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
Related termsEdit
- 何れ (dore) which one?
- 何の (dono) (of) what?
- 何処 (doko) where?
- 何方 (dochira) which way?
- 如何 (dō) in what manner?
PrefixEdit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 何 |
| なん Grade: 2 |
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- what number, how many (used with a counter)
- (used with も) many (used with a counter)
- この広告を何回も見た
- kono kōkoku o nankai mo mita
- I've seen this ad many times
- この広告を何回も見た
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
ReferencesEdit
- Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 1: Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (in Japanese), Kyūko Shoin (published 1978; original text from 794), →ISBN.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
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