Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

340 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: what

Kunyomi: なに なん なに- なん-

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

学(きかがく)   geometry

(なに)   what

色(なにいろ)   what color

しろ(なにしろ)   at any rate, anyway

か(なにか)   something

分(なんぷん)   how many minutes

時(なんじ)   what time

回(なんかい)   how many times

百(なんびゃく)   hundreds

度も(なんども)   many times

才(なんさい)   how old

Onyomi Examples

非可換幾 ヒカカンキカ noncommutative geometry, NCG

Kunyomi Examples

なに what, you-know-what, that thing, whatsit, whachamacallit, what's-his-name, what's-her-name, penis, (one's) thing, dick, (not) at all, (not) in the slightest, what?, huh?, hey!, come on!, oh, no (it's fine), why (it's nothing), oh (certainly not)

なにか something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?

なになに what, so-and-so, such and such, something (or other), what?, wait, hang on, well, well, let's see, no, oh (not at all), please, there, there

なん what, how many, many, a lot of, several, a few, some

なにか something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?