Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
what
Kun:
なになんなに-なん-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
340 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 非可換幾何 【ヒカカンキカ】 noncommutative geometry, NCG

Kun reading compounds

  • 何 【なに】 what, you-know-what, that thing, whatsit, whachamacallit, what's-his-name, what's-her-name, penis, (one's) thing, dick, (not) at all, (not) in the slightest, what?, huh?, hey!, come on!, oh, no (it's fine), why (it's nothing), oh (certainly not)
  • 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?
  • 何々 【なになに】 what, so-and-so, such and such, something (or other), what?, wait, hang on, well, well, let's see, no, oh (not at all), please, there, there
  • 何 【なん】 what, how many, many, a lot of, several, a few, some
  • 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?

Readings

Japanese names:
あが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • qué

Portuguese

  • que

French

  • quoi
51 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
86 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
80 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
471 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
409 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
254 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
513 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
390 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
73 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
73 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
45 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
48 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1021 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
511 Morohashi
65 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
169 New Nelson (John Haig)
1012 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1087 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
43 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
137 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2149 2001 Kanji
2a5.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
2122.0 Four corner code
1-18-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f55 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
so-and-so, one, a certain, that person
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2106 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 某 【ボウ】 certain, one, I, me
  • 某月 【ボウゲツ】 a certain month
  • 某々 【ボウボウ】 so-and-so
  • 何がし 【ナニガシ】 certain amount, some, certain person, Mr So-and-so, a certain ..., I, me

Kun reading compounds

  • 某 【それがし】 someone, unknown person, I, me
  • 何がし 【なにがし】 certain amount, some, certain person, Mr So-and-so, a certain ..., I, me
  • 何の某 【なんのなにがし】 certain person, certain amount

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mou3
Korean:
mo, mae

Spanish

  • fulano de tal
  • cierta persona
  • tal

Portuguese

  • assim-e-assim
  • um
  • um certo
  • aquela pessoa

French

  • untel
  • un certain
  • cette personne
1811 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1784 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2989 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1470 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1425 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1494 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1593 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1759 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1059 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3168 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1630 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2216 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14618 Morohashi
2560 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2628 New Nelson (John Haig)
1759 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1896 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1271 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
4a5.33 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-43-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67d0 Unicode hex code