何 — ha

Parts that make up 何

How 何 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 何 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 戈.

Korean example words with 何

• 하간何間 Korean gloss: 어느 때
• 하년何年 Korean gloss: 어느 해
• 하자何者 Korean gloss: 어떤 것
• 하가何暇 Korean gloss: 어느 겨를
• 하고何故 Korean gloss: 무슨 까닭
• 하관何關 Korean gloss: 무슨 관계
• 하일何日 Korean gloss: 어느 날. 또는 무슨 날
• 내하奈何 Korean gloss: 어찌함 또는 어떠함의 뜻을 나타내는 말
• 하등何等 Korean gloss: ‘아무런’, ‘아무’ 또는 ‘얼마만큼’의 뜻을 나타내는 말
• 수하誰何 Korean gloss: 어두워서 상대편의 정체를 식별하기 어려울 때 경계하는 자세로 상대편의 정체나 아군끼리 약속한 암호를 확인함. 또는 그런 일
• 하상何嘗 Korean gloss: 근본부터 캐어 본다면
• 여하하다如何 Korean gloss: 무엇이 어찌하거나 어떻게 하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 何

• 何なに what; you-know-what; that thing
• 何かなにか something; some; any
• 何度なんど how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
• 何もなにも (not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
• 何とかなんとか something; something or other; so-and-so
• 何よりなにより above anything else; above all; more than anything
• 何でもなんでも any; anything; whatever
• 何人なにびと anyone; any person; whoever
• 何回なんかい how many times
• 何となんと what; how; what (a) ...!
• 何ともなんとも really; very; extremely
• 何らなんら (not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

Characters sharing the phonetic 可

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “하”

Other hanja with radical 人