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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: カ

Composition: 亻 可

何

Radical

Radical: 人

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

幾何学(きかがく)   geometry

何(なに)   what

何色(なにいろ)   what color

何しろ(なにしろ)   at any rate, anyway

何か(なにか)   something

何分(なんぷん)   how many minutes

何時(なんじ)   what time

何回(なんかい)   how many times

何百(なんびゃく)   hundreds

何度も(なんども)   many times

何才(なんさい)   how old

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

何 (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)

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

何々 (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

何 (なん) what, how many, many, a lot of, several, a few, some

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

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