Read Edit View history 曷 hé why? what? where? Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a type of fruit with something cut off from it. The component that depicts the fruit was later reanalyzed as phonetic component 匃. Based on the original meaning "cut fruit". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas hé ×è ×hè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts something that has been cut from the fruit. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 曷 Simp strokes 曷 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Originally depicted a type of fruit. Later reanalyzed as phonetic component 匃. 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369 427 Q 388 452 407 472 Q 417 484 404 498 Q 400 502 393 507 L 368 524 Q 356 531 344 529 Q 334 528 334 514 Q 343 450 271 375 Q 255 357 246 347 C 226 325 238 326 265 340 Z", "M 348 402 Q 379 395 417 403 Q 433 406 452 408 L 490 413 Q 625 440 681 440 Q 697 440 704 432 Q 716 411 713 260 Q 707 149 677 88 Q 667 60 649 58 Q 636 54 561 75 Q 551 78 551 72 Q 551 68 562 59 Q 608 17 628 -14 Q 640 -33 652 -33 Q 670 -34 686 -16 Q 749 36 763 155 Q 775 239 782 366 Q 782 394 800 417 Q 813 430 813 439 Q 812 448 791 461 Q 763 482 727 492 Q 703 499 629 476 Q 611 473 590 467 Q 518 452 369 427 C 339 422 318 405 348 402 Z", "M 452 408 Q 455 339 370 252 Q 367 252 334 219 Q 325 206 339 209 Q 352 209 373 221 Q 434 257 471 307 L 484 323 Q 503 347 521 365 Q 531 375 519 390 Q 506 403 490 413 C 465 430 452 438 452 408 Z", "M 471 307 Q 474 304 479 300 Q 531 267 595 217 Q 611 202 624 201 Q 631 201 636 210 Q 645 223 628 258 Q 612 300 484 323 C 454 328 449 327 471 307 Z", "M 246 347 Q 243 350 240 350 Q 225 354 218 345 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