什 — Chinese character
什
shén
what? mixed, miscellaneous
- Pinyin
- shén
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 亻 十
- Formation
- ideographic — A file of ten 十 people 亻
- Japanese
- 什 as a kanji
Common words with 什
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 什么 (什麼) | shén me | what?; something; anything |
| 为什么 (為什麼) | wèi shén me | why?; for what reason? |
| 没什么 (沒什麼) | méi shén me | it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome |
| 什么样 (什麼樣) | shén me yàng | what kind?; what sort? |
| 干什么 (幹什麼) | gàn shén me | what are you doing?; what's he up to? |
| 什锦 (什錦) | shí jǐn | (food) assorted; mixed |
| 什刹海 (什剎海) | shí chà hǎi | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes |
| 家什 | jiā shi | utensils; furniture |
| 凭什么 (憑什麼) | píng shén me | (spoken) why?; for which reason? |
| 篇什 | piān shí | poem |
| 劳什子 (勞什子) | láo shí zi | (dialect) nuisance; pain |
| 捞什子 (撈什子) | lāo shí zi | encumbrance; burden |
English words written with 什
什 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.