JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 4

何 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

what; how many

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カka
Kun
なにnani なんnan いずれizure いずくizuku

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

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何7 strokes

How to write 何: stroke order

何 has 7 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

何 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes
The stroke order of 何 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 何

The parts 何 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

  • 亻 (人)

    person

    Radical

  • 可

    possible; allowed

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JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 4