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KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小27 strokesRadical 人#340 in newspapers

何 · what

何 is a kanji meaning what. It has 7 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • カka

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • なにnani
  • なんnan
  • なに-nani-
  • なん-nan-

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 何 · 11 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 何
WordReadingMeaningLevel
何なんwhatN5
何かなにかsomethingN3
何でなんでWhy, What forN3
何でもなんでもby all means, everythingN3
何とかなんとかsomehow, anyhow, one way or anotherN3
何しろなにしろin any case, at any rate, anyhow, anyway, as you know, for you see, particularlyN2
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More words that use 何
WordReadingMeaningLevel
何々なになにsuch and such, What?N2
何分なにぶんby all means, pleaseN2
何ともなんともreally, very, extremely, terribly, awfully (not) anything, (not) at all, (not) a bitN2
何気ないなにげないcasual, unconcernedN1
何だかなんだかa little, somewhat, somehowN1

Example sentence

何故箱を開けたの?

なぜはこをあけたの

Why did you open the box?

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #199218 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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