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何

何 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “what”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 可 (may). It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword
what
Pinyin (Mandarin)
hé
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
what, why, where, which, how, где, как, почему, что, why, where, which, how
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
何 what

Decomposition

ids

  1. 亻 person
  2. radical number 9
  3. 可 may

Characters that contain 何

How to find 何 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “may”. 何 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 何 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.