あが
カ, なに, なん, なに-, なん-
what

This kanji has 7 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 5 other strokes.

Sample compounds (81) :


  1. なん
    what

  2. どれ
    (uk) well, now, let me see, which (of three or more)

  3. なんら
    whatever, what, what sort of, any kind of, nothing whatever (with neg. verb)

  4. なにも
    nothing

  5. なんと
    what, how, whatever

  6. なんて
    how...!, what...!

  7. なんせ
    at any rate, any how

  8. なにか
    something
  9. しろ
    なにしろ
    at any rate, anyhow, anyway, in any case
  10. だか
    なんだか
    a little, somewhat, somehow
  11. でも
    なんでも
    by all means, everything
  12. とも
    なんとも
    (adv) nothing (with neg. verb), quite, not a bit
  13. なり
    なんなり
    any, anything, whatever
  14. より
    なにより
    (an) most, best
  15. れまた
    いずれまた
    some other time, another time
  16. となく
    なんとなく
    somehow or other, for some reason or another
  17. れにせよ
    いずれにせよ
    (uk) at any rate, in any event

  18. なんぜん
    many thousands

  19. なにごと
    what, something, everything, nothing (with neg. verb)

  20. なにとぞ
    please

  21. なんにん
    who?, how many (people)

  22. なんびとも
    everyone, all
  23. かにけて
    なにかにつけて
    one way or another

  24. どれどれ
    which (emphatic)

  25. どれどれ
    which (emphatic)
  26. でも
    なにがなんでも
    by all means, by all costs
  27. でも
    なにがなんでも
    by all means, by all costs

  28. なんこ
    how many pieces

  29. なんぷん
    what minute?, how many minutes?

  30. なんとも
    (adv) nothing (with neg. verb), quite, not a bit

  31. なんじゅう
    several tens

  32. なんてん
    (id) what score or grade?

  33. なんかい
    how many times?

  34. どこいら
    where

  35. いずこ
    where

  36. どこも
    everywhere

  37. なんじょう
    (kyb:) What street?, how?

  38. いかん
    how, in what way

  39. どちつ
    who

  40. いかん
    how, in what way

  41. いかに
    how?, in what way?, how much?, however, whatever
  42. いう
    どういう
    (uk) what kind of
  43. しても
    どうしても
    (uk) by all means, at any cost, no matter what, after all, in the long run, cravingly, at any rate, surely
  44. でも
    なんでもや
    convenience agency, Jack-of-all-trades

  45. きか
    geometry

  46. なんども
    many times over, often

  47. なんどか
    many times

  48. なにかと
    one way or another

  49. なにもかも
    anything and everything, just about everything
  50. とかとか
    なんとかかんとか
    something or other
  51. やらにやら
    なにやらかにやら
    this and that

  52. なにゆえ
    (uk) why, how
  53. ならば
    なぜならば
    (uk) because, for, the reason why is ...

  54. どちら
    (uk) which, who

  55. どなた
    (uk) who?

  56. どちらへ
    (id) (uk) How are you?

  57. なんにち
    what day, how many days

  58. いつ
    when, how soon

  59. なんどき
    what time
  60. もの
    いつもの
    usual, habitual
  61. でも
    なんどきでも
    (uk) (at) any time, always, at all times, never (neg), whenever
  62. ぞや
    いつぞや
    once, some time ago
  63. から
    いつから
    since when, how long
  64. までも
    いつまでも
    (uk) forever, for good, eternally, as long as one likes, indefinitely
  65. のなしに
    いつのなしに
    naturally

  66. なにさま
    what kind, how, indeed, truly, extremely, to be sure

  67. どのよう
    how
  68. なし
    なんのきなし
    unintentional, with calmness, casually

  69. なにとなく
    somehow or other, for some reason or another
  70. しに
    なんかなしに
    casually

  71. なにもの
    something, nothing (with neg. verb)

  72. なにぼう
    certain person, certain amount, Mr So-and-so

  73. どれほど
    how much (long, far)

  74. なんら
    whatever, what, what sort of, any kind of, nothing whatever (with neg. verb)

  75. なんこ
    how many pieces

  76. なにもの
    who, what kind of person

  77. なんきも
    many periods
  78. うてんねん
    なにをいうてんねん
    (ksb:) (sl) What the hell are you saying?!

  79. すいか
    (vs) challenging (an unknown person), asking a persons identity

  80. なんべん
    how many times, how often

  81. なんばん
    what number
Kanji Character : 何
Kuten Encoding : 1831
SJIS Encoding : 323f
Unicode Encoding : 4f55
Old Nelson Index : 409
Radical Number : 9
Frequency Ranking : 446
Gakken Index : 471
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 65
Heisig Index : 1012
Henshall Index : 80
New Nelson Index : 169
O'Neil Index : 513
Stroke Count : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a5.21
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 21
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 390
SKIP Code : 1-2-5
De Roo Code : 2149
Four Corner Code : 2122.0
Korean reading : ha
Pinyin reading : he4
Morohashi Index String : 511
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0694
Morohashi Index Number : 511
Morohashi Page : 694
Morohashi Volume : 1
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP3-4-3
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2149
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