Read Edit View history Discussion 何 héhè HSK3 what Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depiction of a man carrying an axe on over his shoulders. The right side of the form was later phoneticized into 可. The current meaning "what" is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas hé × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 何 Simp strokes 何 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 何 Simp strokes 何 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 何 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 312, 806 ], [ 330, 790 ], [ 348, 754 ], [ 312, 686 ], [ 175, 493 ], [ 87, 397 ], [ 49, 368 ] ], [ [ 244, 534 ], [ 245, 503 ], [ 257, 481 ], [ 257, 426 ], [ 252, 271 ], [ 234, 102 ], [ 240, 49 ] ], [ [ 361, 601 ], [ 418, 594 ], [ 554, 622 ], [ 869, 663 ], [ 904, 661 ], [ 958, 645 ] ], [ [ 382, 481 ], [ 411, 456 ], [ 418, 441 ], [ 448, 272 ] ], [ [ 438, 478 ], [ 447, 471 ], [ 465, 471 ], [ 560, 497 ], [ 576, 493 ], [ 593, 479 ], [ 601, 470 ], [ 580, 376 ], [ 555, 359 ] ], [ [ 470, 299 ], [ 485, 316 ], [ 553, 331 ], [ 615, 327 ] ], [ [ 710, 619 ], [ 752, 590 ], [ 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429 479 C 400 473 419 443 448 451 Q 460 455 530 471 Q 552 475 558 467 Q 565 461 560 427 Q 556 393 548 352 C 542 323 595 319 601 348 Z", "M 464 293 Q 468 293 476 294 Q 519 306 614 317 Q 624 318 625 328 Q 625 335 601 348 L 548 352 Q 547 352 546 352 Q 500 337 461 328 C 432 321 434 291 464 293 Z", "M 662 72 Q 641 76 614 81 Q 599 84 600 76 Q 601 67 614 56 Q 681 2 725 -43 Q 738 -53 755 -35 Q 801 34 795 118 Q 783 395 796 553 Q 803 584 796 597 Q 787 610 759 625 C 733 641 690 648 703 621 Q 704 614 712 603 Q 725 575 724 529 Q 725 406 723 126 Q 722 86 710 71 Q 697 62 662 72 Z" ] } 7 strokes 何 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 305, 815 ], [ 349, 747 ], [ 212, 541 ], [ 44, 365 ] ], [ [ 233, 537 ], [ 257, 476 ], [ 238, 38 ] ], [ [ 358, 603 ], [ 425, 595 ], [ 872, 664 ], [ 963, 646 ] ], [ [ 381, 483 ], [ 416, 450 ], [ 448, 265 ] ], [ [ 434, 474 ], [ 558, 500 ], [ 596, 480 ], [ 570, 339 ] ], [ [ 456, 310 ], [ 619, 328 ] ], [ [ 709, 624 ], [ 760, 577 ], [ 756, 85 ], [ 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439,475 429,479Z", "M601,348C611,403 625,438 640,455C655,473 654,488 638,496C596,519 573,530 571,530C564,531 557,528 550,523C523,506 483,491 429,479C418,477 437,447 448,451C456,454 483,461 530,471C565,479 562,448 560,427C557,405 553,380 548,352C545,335 598,331 601,348Z", "M464,293C474,293 491,299 614,317C620,318 624,322 625,328C625,333 617,340 601,348C586,357 565,358 548,352C518,344 487,335 461,328C450,326 452,293 464,293Z", "M662,72C648,76 631,78 614,81C603,83 599,82 600,76C600,71 605,64 614,56C658,20 694,-13 725,-43C732,-50 745,-48 755,-35C787,10 797,62 795,118C785,303 784,448 796,553C798,575 801,589 796,597C790,606 777,615 759,625C743,635 693,637 703,621C719,600 723,560 724,529C724,447 723,313 723,126C722,76 701,62 662,72Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment 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