曷(hé): why
9 strokes
why
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- hé
- Meaning
- why; how; when; what; where
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 曷 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Ideograph
⿱日？Variant of 何
A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.
Made of
Parts are arranged top to bottom.
How to write 曷 step by step
9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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