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
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 何なん | なん | what | N5 |
| 何かなにか | なにか | something | N3 |
| 何でなんで | なんで | Why, What for | N3 |
| 何でもなんでも | なんでも | by all means, everything | N3 |
| 何とかなんとか | なんとか | somehow, anyhow, one way or another | N3 |
| 何しろなにしろ | なにしろ | in any case, at any rate, anyhow, anyway, as you know, for you see, particularly | N2 |
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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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