曷 — kanji meaning “why”
曷
why, how, when
- Meanings
- why, how, when
- On'yomi
- カツ (katsu)
- Kun'yomi
- なんぞ、いつ、いずくんぞ、なに
- Strokes
- 9
- Classical radical
- 73
- Chinese reading
- hé — Chinese character page
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