why not? would it not be better to?

variant
why not
(literary) used before a verb to ask a question in the sense of "why not"; same as 何不 hé​bù
why
(literary) why; how; for what reason

Cross-References

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Frequency

Character
Written text
7,271st most common 0.041 per million
Word
Written text
0.539 per million

Details

Strokes
9
Unicode
U+76C7

Sources