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何 Kanji meaning "what"

Jiten frequency #5JLPT N5Grade 2Kanken Level 9WaniKani Level 5RTKKLC Volume 5TMW Student7 strokes

Meanings

what

On'yomi

カ

Kun'yomi

なになんなに-なん-

Composed of

亻radical number 9radical
可canphonetic

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Kanji containing 何(1)

荷

Reading usage

何(なん)what#378何(なん)のwhat#536何(なん)度(ど)how many times#577何(なん)だwhat!#935何(なん)でwhy?#958何(なん)でもany#1010何(なん)度(ど)もmany times over#1220何(なん)とかsomething#1422何(なん)年(ねん)how many years#1543何(なん)人(にん)how many people#1585

Most common words using this kanji

何(なに)what#52何(なに)かsomething#108何(なに)も(not) anything#204何(なん)what#378何(なん)のwhat#536何(なん)度(ど)how many times#577何(なん)だwhat!#935何(なん)でwhy?#958何(なん)でもany#1010何(なに)もないthere is nothing#1089何(なん)度(ど)もmany times over#1220何(なん)とかsomething#1422何(なん)年(ねん)how many years#1543何(なん)人(にん)how many people#1585何(なん)てhow ...!#1660何(なに)者(もの)who#1728何(なに)もかもanything and everything#1826何(なん)でもないeasy#1837何(なに)よりabove anything else#1925何(なん)だか(a) little#2130
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