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何
hé
1. what
2. how
3. why
4. which
5. carry
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

何
hé
what, why, where, which, how
HSK 4 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

任何
rènhé
any
HSK 4
何不
hébù
why not?
何人
hérén
who
何以
héyǐ
whence
何啻
héchì
(literary) far more than
何尝
hécháng
(rhetorical question) when?
何在
hézài
where?
何如
hérú
how about
何妨
héfáng
what harm is there in (doing sth)
何干
hégān
what business?
何必
hébì
there is no need
HSK 5
何所
hésuǒ
where
何故
hégù
what for?
何方
héfāng
where?
何日
hérì
when?
何时
héshí
when
何曾
hécéng
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
何况
hékuàng
let alone
HSK 5
何等
héděng
what kind?
何苦
hékǔ
why bother?

Alternate Entries

何
Hé
surname He

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
228
Word Frequency Rank
521 of 84,292