The kanji 何: meaning, readings and stroke order

何

Meaning: what
On reading: カ ka
Kun reading: なに nani、なん* nan
Strokes: 7
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái gì (hà)
Japanese: なに。
Korean: 무엇 (하)
Chinese: 什么

Readings, words and example sentences

カ ka · on reading · less common

幾き何か学がく
geometry
兄は 幾き何か学がくをならっています。
My big brother is learning geometry.

なに nani · kun reading

何なに
what
これは 何なにですか。
What is this?

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.