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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)

奈何
nàihé
to do something to sb
何尝
hécháng
(rhetorical question) when?
何在
hézài
where?
何如
hérú
how about
任何
rènhé
any
HSK 4
何妨
héfáng
what harm is there in (doing sth)
何干
hégān
what business?
何不
hébù
why not?
从何
cónghé
whence?
何况
hékuàng
let alone
HSK 5
无何
wúhé
nothing else
何等
héděng
what kind?
何苦
hékǔ
why bother?
何处
héchù
whence
何许
héxǔ
(literary) what place
缘何
yuánhé
why?
何谓
héwèi
(lit.) what is?
何须
héxū
there is no need
何必
hébì
there is no need
HSK 5
何啻
héchì
(literary) far more than

Alternate Entries

何
Hé
surname He

Metadata

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