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Han character[edit]
何 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓口 (OMNR), four-corner 21220, composition ⿰亻可)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 98, character 15
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 511
- Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 130, character 4
- Unihan data for U+4F55
Chinese[edit]
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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| 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 |
In the oracle bone script, a pictogram (象形): a man carrying something on their shoulder – the original form of 荷 (OC *ɡaːlʔ, “to carry”).
The object being carried may have been 戈, in which case the character is also an ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl, “dagger-axe”).
In the bronze inscriptions, some forms of the character were phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ), from which the modern form derives.
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with the following interrogative pronouns:
- 胡 (OC *ɡaː, “what; why”)
- 奚 (OC *ɡeː, “what; why; where”)
- 曷 (OC *ɡaːd, “why”)
- 盍 (OC *ɡaːb, “why not”): from the fusion of 何不 (OC *ɡaːl pɯ, “why not”)
In Sino-Tibetan, cognate with Tibetan ག་ན (ga na, “where; how”), Tibetan ག་རུ (ga ru, “to where”) (Schuessler, 2007).
STEDT, on the other hand, compares 何 (OC *ɡaːlʔ) to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; diectic; interrogative”), to which 幾 (OC *kɯlʔ, “how many”) and 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ, “how”) are also compared.
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Definitions[edit]
何
- (literary, interrogative pronoun asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc. of something) what; which
- (literary) where; what place
- (literary, interrogative pronoun asking for reason, manner, etc. of an action) why; how
- (literary) (forming emphatic sentences) so; such; what; how
- a surname
- 何應欽／何应钦 ― Hé Yìngqīn ― He Yingqin (Kuomintang general)
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:何.
Synonyms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- 不奈何
- 不知何故
- 今夕何夕
- 任何 (rènhé)
- 何不 (hébù)
- 何之
- 何事 (héshì)
- 何人 (hérén)
- 何人斯
- 何以 (héyǐ)
- 何以克當／何以克当
- 何仙姑
- 何以見得／何以见得
- 何休
- 何似
- 何但
- 何傷／何伤
- 何其 (héqí)
- 何則／何则
- 何功之有
- 何去何從／何去何从 (héqùhécóng)
- 何哉
- 何啻
- 何嘗／何尝 (hécháng)
- 何在 (hézài)
- 何堪
- 何如 (hérú)
- 何如帖
- 何妨
- 何居
- 何常
- 何干 (hégān)
- 何年何月
- 何店 (Hédiàn)
- 何彼襛矣／何彼𰳺矣
- 何從／何从
- 何得 (hédé)
- 何德何能 (hédéhénéng)
- 何必 (hébì)
- 何意 (héyì)
- 何所
- 何所不為／何所不为
- 何承天
- 何故 (hégù)
- 何敢 (hégǎn)
- 何方 (héfāng)
- 何時／何时 (héshí)
- 何晏
- 何景明
- 何曾
- 何有
- 何期
- 何極／何极
- 何樂不為／何乐不为 (hélèbùwéi)
- 何止 (hézhǐ)
- 何氏語林／何氏语林
- 何況／何况 (hékuàng)
- 何消
- 何消說／何消说
- 何滿子／何满子
- 何為／何为
- 何焯
- 何物
- 何用
- 何由 (héyóu)
- 何當／何当
- 何種／何种
- 何等 (héděng)
- 何紹基／何绍基
- 何罪之有 (hézuìzhīyǒu)
- 何者 (hézhě)
- 何聊賴／何聊赖
- 何與／何与
- 何若
- 何苦 (hékǔ)
- 何苦來／何苦来 (hékǔlái)
- 何草不黃／何草不黄
- 何處／何处 (héchù)
- 何見之晚／何见之晚
- 何許／何许 (héxǔ)
- 何許人／何许人 (héxǔrén)
- 何謂／何谓 (héwèi)
- 何賈／何贾
- 何足 (hézú)
- 何足掛齒／何足挂齿 (hézú guàchǐ)
- 何足為奇／何足为奇
- 何足算
- 何足道哉
- 何進／何进
- 何遜／何逊
- 何關／何关
- 何陽店／何阳店 (Héyángdiàn)
- 何電／何电 (Hédiàn)
- 何須／何须 (héxū)
- 何預／何预
- 何首烏／何首乌 (héshǒuwū)
- 何鼓
- 傅粉何郎
- 噬臍何及／噬脐何及
- 因何 (yīnhé)
- 奈何 (nàihé)
- 奈何橋／奈何桥 (nàihéqiáo)
- 如之何 (rúzhīhé)
- 如之奈何 (rú zhī nàihé)
- 如何 (rúhé)
- 如何是好
- 干卿何事
- 幾何／几何 (jǐhé)
- 幾何圖形／几何图形 (jǐhé túxíng)
- 幾何圖案／几何图案
- 幾何學／几何学 (jǐhéxué)
- 幾何級數／几何级数 (jǐhé jíshù)
- 弋人何篡
- 弋者何慕
- 弋者何篡
- 後悔何及／后悔何及
- 從何說起／从何说起
- 悔之何及
- 情何以堪 (qínghéyǐkān)
- 成何體統／成何体统 (chénghétǐtǒng)
- 方何礙／方何碍
- 於何／于何
- 於心何忍／于心何忍
- 日飲亡何／日饮亡何
- 春秋幾何／春秋几何
- 更待何時／更待何时 (gèng dài héshí)
- 曾幾何時／曾几何时 (céngjǐhéshí)
- 有何不可 (yǒu hé bùkě)
- 末奈何
- 末如之何
- 末耐何
- 柰何 (nàihé)
- 沒及奈何／没及奈何
- 沒奈何／没奈何 (mònàihé)
- 沒極奈何／没极奈何
- 沒計奈何／没计奈何
- 為何／为何 (wèihé)
- 無何／无何 (wúhé)
- 無可奈何／无可奈何 (wúkěnàihé)
- 無可如何／无可如何
- 無奈我何／无奈我何
- 無如之何／无如之何
- 無如奈何／无如奈何
- 無計奈何／无计奈何
- 無論如何／无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
- 百身何贖／百身何赎
- 相煎何急
- 立體幾何／立体几何 (lìtǐ jǐhé)
- 緣何／缘何 (yuánhé)
- 而何 (érhé)
- 若何 (ruòhé)
- 莫可奈何
- 莫敢誰何／莫敢谁何 (mògǎn-shuíhé)
- 蕭何／萧何
- 解析幾何／解析几何 (jiěxī jǐhé)
- 該當何罪／该当何罪
- 誰何／谁何
- 談何容易／谈何容易 (tánhéróngyì)
- 譴何／谴何
- 追悔何及
Descendants[edit]
- → Tagalog: Ho (via Hokkien)
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Definitions[edit]
何
- † Original form of 荷 (“to carry”).
Pronunciation 3[edit]
Definitions[edit]
何
- † Original form of 呵 (“to scold; to criticise; to denounce”).
References[edit]
- “何”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00111
- “Entry #2874”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
何
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: が (ga)←が (ga, historical)
- Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)←か (ka, historical)
- Kun: なに (nani, 何, Jōyō)←なに (nani, 何, historical); なん (nan, 何, Jōyō †)←なん (nan, 何, historical); いず (izu, 何)←いづ (idu, 何, historical); いずれ (izure, 何れ)←いづれ (idure, 何れ, historical); いずく (izuku, 何く)←いづく (iduku, 何く, historical)
- Nanori: あが (aga)
Etymology[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
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| 何 |
| なに Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi |
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *n-anu-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
Interjection[edit]
- What?, Huh?
Pronoun[edit]
何 • (nani) (alternative reading hiragana なん, rōmaji nan)
- what
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 92)
- 汝何所爲 奈尓世牟止曽
- What you should do. Nani se mu tö sö.
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (page 92)
- that thing (used in place of words you can't remember at the moment.)
Usage notes[edit]
- 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 terms[edit]
Derived terms from interjection なに/なん
- 何か (nanika)
- 何かしら (nanikashira)
- 何が何でも (naniganandemo)
- 何気ない (nanigenai)
- 何気に (nanigeni)
- 何事 (nanigoto)
- 何卒 (nanitozo)
- 何様 (nanisama)
- 何しろ (nanishiro)
- 何人 (nanijin)
- 何々 (naninani)
- 何一つ (nanihitotsu)
- 何も (nanimo)
- 何もかも (nanimokamo)
- 何者 (nanimono)
- 何せ (nanse)
- 何だか (nandaka)
- 何たる (nantaru)
- 何で (nande)
- 何でも (nandemo)
- 何でもかんでも (nandemokandemo)
- 何とか (nantoka)
- 何とかかんとか (nantokakantoka)
- 何とかして (nantokashite)
- 何なり (nannari)
- 何人 (nanpito)
- 何等 (nanra)
- 何らか (nanraka)
Related terms[edit]
- 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?
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Japanese demonstratives
| ko- “this” (close to speaker) |
so- “that” (close to listener) |
a- “that over there” (far from both) |
do- “which” (indeterminate, question) | |
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| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — | |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — | |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| こっから (kokkara) | そっから (sokkara) | — | どっから (dokkara) | |
| Direction / Human | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| こなた (konata) | そなた (sonata) | あなた (anata) | どなた (donata) | |
| Direction | こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu) | そいつ (soitsu) | あいつ (aitsu) | どいつ (doitsu) |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| Degree | これくらい (korekurai) | それくらい (sorekurai) | あれくらい (arekurai) | どれくらい (dorekurai) |
| これだけ (koredake) | それだけ (soredake) | あれだけ (aredake) | どれだけ (doredake) | |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) | ||||
| a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) |
na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) |
k- “this” (close to speaker) |
s- “that” (close to listener) |
a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) |
i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) |
ono- “oneself” (reflexive) | |
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| Person | あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro) |
な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi) |
こ (ko) これ (kore) |
そ (so) それ (sore) |
あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) |
た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi) |
おの (ono) おのれ (onore) |
| Thing | こ (ko) これ (kore) |
そ (so) それ (sore) |
あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) |
いづれ (izure) なに (nani) |
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| Location | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko) |
いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko) |
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| Direction | こち (kochi) こなた (konata) |
そち (sochi) そなた (sonata) |
あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata) |
いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata) |
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| Manner | か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō) |
さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika) |
いか (ika) | ||||
| Time | いつ (itsu) |
Prefix[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms from prefix なん-
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
- Unknown (794), Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
Korean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 何 (MC ɦɑ).
Hanja[edit]
Compounds[edit]
References[edit]
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]
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何 (nū)
Vietnamese[edit]
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何: Hán Nôm readings: hà, gã, há
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- Japanese terms written with one Han script character
- Japanese terms spelled with 何
- Japanese single-kanji terms
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- Japanese words with multiple readings
- Old Japanese terms with usage examples
- Japanese prefixes
- Japanese terms with usage examples
- Japanese interrogative pronouns
- Korean terms derived from Middle Chinese
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- Kunigami lemmas
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- Kunigami kanji with kun reading ぬー
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- Miyako lemmas
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- Miyako kanji with kun reading のー
- Miyako terms with IPA pronunciation
- Miyako pronouns
- Okinawan Han characters
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- Okinawan lemmas
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- Okinawan terms spelled with second grade kanji
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- Okinawan terms spelled with 何
- Okinawan single-kanji terms
- Vietnamese lemmas
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- Yaeyama lemmas
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