# 何

| 何 | U+4F55, &#20309; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F55 |
| ← 佔 [U+4F54] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 佖 → [U+4F56] |

## Translingual
### Han character

何 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓口 (OMNR), four-corner 2122$_0$, composition ⿰亻可)

#### Derived characters

* 哬, 𢬲, 𣵣, 𭨸, 𣒍, 𰚚, 𮴛, 𧨂, 𫳵, 𪱊
* 荷, 𥮆, 𫱖, 𱱖, 𨵅, 𢚨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 511
* Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 130, character 4
* Unihan data for U+4F55

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 何 :
| Shang | Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 砢 | *ɡ·raːlʔ |
| 柯 | *kaːl |
| 菏 | *kaːl, *ɡaːl |
| 牁 | *kaːl |
| 滒 | *kaːl |
| 哥 | *kaːl |
| 歌 | *kaːl |
| 謌 | *kaːl |
| 鴚 | *kaːl |
| 哿 | *kaːlʔ |
| 舸 | *kaːlʔ |
| 笴 | *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ |
| 軻 | *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 珂 | *kʰaːl |
| 可 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 岢 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 坷 | *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 蚵 | *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl |
| 呵 | *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls |
| 訶 | *qʰaːl |
| 抲 | *qʰaːl |
| 荷 | *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 何 | *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 河 | *ɡaːl |
| 苛 | *ɡaːl |
| 魺 | *ɡaːl |
| 袔 | *ɡaːls |
| 阿 | *qaːl |
| 妸 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 疴 | *qaːl, *kʰraːls |
| 鈳 | *qaːl |
| 娿 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 痾 | *qaːl |
| 跒 | *kʰraːlʔ |
| 閜 | *qʰraːlʔ |
In the oracle bone script, a pictogram (象形): a man carrying something on their shoulder – the original form of 荷 (OC *ɡaːlʔ, “to carry”).
The object being carried may have been 戈 (gē), in which case the character is also an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 戈 (OC *koːl, “dagger-axe”).
In the bronze inscriptions, some forms of the character were phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ), from which the modern form derives.

### Etymology

Cognate with the following interrogative pronouns:
* 胡 (OC *ɡaː, “what; why”)
* 奚 (OC *ɡeː, “what; why; where”)
* 曷 (OC *ɡaːd, “why”)
* 盍 (OC *ɡaːb, “why not”): from the fusion of 何不 (OC *ɡaːl pɯ, “why not”)
In Sino-Tibetan, cognate with Tibetan ག་ན (ga na, “where; how”), Tibetan ག་རུ (ga ru, “to where”) (Schuessler, 2007).
STEDT, on the other hand, compares 何 (OC *ɡaːlʔ) to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ka (“which; like; deictic; interrogative”), to which 幾 (OC *kɯlʔ, “how many”) and 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ, “how”) are also compared.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ho$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hò
    (Hailu, HRS): ho
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ho$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ǒ̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): ò̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hor$^2$ / ua$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hô / hô͘ / ôa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ho$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ho$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$wu; $^6$gha
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho$^2$ / o$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ho$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
*** Sinological IPA : /xo²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^4$
*** Yale: hòh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ho$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hᵘɔ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ho
*** Sinological IPA: /ho⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ho$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǒ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔ²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ò̤
*** Sinological IPA : /o⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hor$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hó̤
*** Sinological IPA : /hɒ¹³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ua$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: uá
*** Sinological IPA : /ua¹³/
* hor2 - literary;
* ua2 - vernacular (incl. surname).
* Middle Chinese: ha
Rime :
| Character | 何 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡歌切 |
| Baxter | ha |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦa/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 何 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ha › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁaj/ |
| English | what |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 何 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 7458 |
| Phonetic component | 可 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 何 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːl/ |

#### Definitions

何
* (literary, interrogative pronoun asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc. of something) what; which
    何處／何处 ― héchù ― where [lit. what place]
    何日 ― hérì ― what day; when
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Bó Yí, Shū Qí hérén yě? [Pinyin]
    What sort of men were Bo Yi and Shu Qi?
    From: Song Yu, 高唐賦
    Wáng yuē: “Héwèi zhāo yún?” [Pinyin]
    The king said, "What is this so-called 'Morning Clouds'?"
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Dàwáng lái hé cāo? [Pinyin]
    Your Majesty, what did you bring along?
* (literary) where; what place
    何去何從／何去何从 ― héqùhécóng ― what course to follow or take
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Zhōng qiě jiàn qì, zhěn bù zhī chǔ hé guī hū? [Pinyin]
    Being loyal to the state yet still abandoned, where can I (Chen Zhen) go if I do not go to Chu?
    From: 1083, 蘇轍 (Su Zhe), 黃州快哉亭記
    Shì shēng yú shì, shǐ qí zhōng bù zìdé, jiāng hé wǎng ér fēi bìng? [Pinyin]
    If an intellectual living in the world does not feel happy, where can he go and not feel anxious?
* (literary, interrogative pronoun asking for reason, manner, etc. of an action) why; how
    何必 ― hébì ― why must you
    何不 ― hébù ― why not
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Fūzǐ hé shěn Yóu yě? [Pinyin]
    Master, why did you smile at You?
    From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5th century CE
    Yì hé yōu lìngmíng bù zhāng xié? [Pinyin]
    Why do you worry about being not famous?
* (literary, forming emphatic sentences) so; such; what; how
    From: 8th century, 李白, 古風·其三
    Qínhuáng sǎo liù hé, hǔshì hé xióng zāi. [Pinyin]
    Qin Shi Huang conquered the six kingdoms with a sweeping victory. How great he is when he unified the world and looked down upon it.
* a surname
    何應欽／何应钦 ― Hé Yìngqīn ― He Yingqin (Kuomintang general)
    何鴻燊／何鸿燊 [Cantonese] ― ho$^4$ hung$^4$ san$^1$ [Jyutping] ― Stanley Ho (Hong Kong billionaire)

##### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:何.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 什麼, 恁麼 obsolete |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 什麼, 嗎兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 什麼, 啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 嗎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 啥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 什麼, 嗎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 啥 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 啥, 啥稿兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 啥, 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 啥, 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 啥嘎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Rizhao | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 什麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 麼兒, 麼, 什麼, 麼個 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 什麼, 啥 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 麼, 麼個 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 啥, 什麼嘎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 啥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 什麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 色 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 什麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 什麼, 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 啥, 咋麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 什麼, 啥, 啥子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 什麼, 啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 什麼, 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 什麼, 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 什麼, 啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 啥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 啥, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 啥, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麼事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 什麼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 什麼, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 什麼, 什麼的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lhasa | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 啷個, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 哪樣, 啷子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 甚子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 什麼, 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 咋個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 什麼, 哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 麼得 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 麼子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 哪樣, 什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 甚呢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 什麼, 麼東西 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 什麼, 哄, 哄個 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 什麼, 麼事, 麼東西 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 乜嘢, 咩嘢, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 咩嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 咩嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 咩嘢 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 乜 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 乜 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 乜 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 乜, 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 乜, 乜嘎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 乜, 乜啊, 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 乜嘢, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 乜嘢, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 乜, 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 物底 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 什麼 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 乜嘢, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 哪門 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 乜嘢, 咩, 乜 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 乜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 什哩 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 什仔 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 咋個 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Gaobei) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Changting | 麼個, 什西哩, 什西 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 麼個, 麼事 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 麼個, 什麼 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 子個 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 咩, 唔幾 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪個, 哪項, 個哪, 哪 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 什麼 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Nantou (Guoxing; Lufeng) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 乜個 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 麼個 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 麼個 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麼仂 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麼二 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 甚 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 什麼, 啥, 咋, 甚 |
| Jin | Datong | 啥 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 甚 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 甚 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 什麼 |
| Jin | Linhe | 什麼, 甚 |
| Jin | Jining | 甚 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 甚 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 什麼, 甚 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 什麼兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 什麼 |
| Jin | Handan | 什麼, 啥 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 啥 |
| Jin | Suide | 什麼, 甚 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 啥哩 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰事, 孰麼, 孰麼事 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 橘二, 橘二事 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 什麼事 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 孰事 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 什麼事 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 孰麼, 孰, 孰麼事, 孰事, 孰麼契, 孰契 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 什乇, 什名, 什乇名, 面乇名 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 什乇, 乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 乇, 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 呢乇 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 什乇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 什物, 啥物, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 啥物, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 哪貨仔, 哪貨, 哪仔, 哪物仔, 哪物, 什物, 啥物, 啥貨, 啥物仔, 啥貨仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 啥 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 哪物 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 什物仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 啥貨, 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 啥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 啥, 啥貨, 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 啥物, 啥 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 啥貨, 啥物貨 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 啥物, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 啥, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 啥物, 啥貨 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 啥, 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 啥貨, 啥物, 什物, 物代 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 啥貨, 物代 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 何物 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 啥物 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 何物 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 什物 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 啥貨, 什物 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 乜個, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 乜個, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 乜個, 乜, 是乜 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 乜個, 乜 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 乜個, 什乜, 底個 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 乜個 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 乜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 乜, 個乜 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 乜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 乜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 甚麼 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 啥貨 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 啥貨 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 啥貨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 乜儗 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 門, 哪門 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 哪門 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 什個 |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Lijiatian) | 什家 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 啥物 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong) | 啥物事 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 啥物 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 做啥 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 哈個 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 何, 何物, 何物事 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 啥, 啥個, 啥物事, 啥物 |
| Wu | Danyang | 點高 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 啥 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 啥, 啥西 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 何乜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 待, 淡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麼子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麼子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 麼子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 什麼 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 啥 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何, 何處, 何許, 何所, 何方, 安 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 哪裡, 何處, 什麼地方 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 哪裡, 哪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 哪兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 哪兒, 哪疙兒, 哪疙瘩, 哪海兒, 哪塊兒, 哪場兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 哪兒, 哪塊兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 哪裡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 哪裡 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 哪兒, 哪兒合兒 colloquial, 哪合兒 colloquial |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 哪, 哪裡 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 哪兒, 哪裡, 哪場兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 哪兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 哪達, 哪那 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 哪兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 哪搭兒, 哪搭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 哪裡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 哪來, 哪下, 哪點兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 哪塌, 哪塌兒, 哪呢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 哪塌, 哪呢 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 哪點, 哪裡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 哪兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 哪達, 哪達裡, 哪達兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 哪達 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哪兒, 啥子地方, 哪跟前, 哪點兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 哪裡, 啥裡, 哪歇, 哪塊, 哪塊歇, 啥塊, 啥塊些 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 哪點 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 哪點兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哪塏 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 哪裡, 哪, 哪塏, 哪位子, 哪塊, 哪甿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Shanglin (Sanli) | 哪點 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 哪裡, 哪塊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 哪塊, 哪裡, 哪兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 哪塊, 哪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 哪對過, 哪腳下 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哪格子, 哪蒿子, 哪塊子, 哪塊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 哪下兒 |
| Mandarin | Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) | 哪點 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 邊度, 邊處, 邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 邊度, 邊處, 邊 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 選頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 選處 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 哪頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 哪埞 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 哪度 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 哪處 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 星處 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邊呢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 邊處 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 邊 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 邊子 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 邊子 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 哪埞, 哪 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 哪 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 唔址 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 邊處, 鼠處 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 哪埞 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 邊埞 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 邊, 邊處, 邊處塗 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 庶 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 邊笪埞, 邊笪, 邊啲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 邊啲, 邊笪, 邊笪埞方 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 邊度 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 邊度, 邊, 邊處 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 邊度 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 哪裡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 哪咑 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 哪裡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 哪仔, 哪滴 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 哪裡 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 哪呢, 哪笪 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 哪等 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 哪子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 哪望 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Changting | 哪塊, 哪塊哩, 哪裡, 哪裡哩, 哪角 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 哪子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 哪裡, 哪角 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 何個, 台角 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 哪, 哪營子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 哪裡 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪當 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 哪搭仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 哪位, 哪仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 哪位, 哪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 哪位, 哪仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 哪裡, 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 哪埞 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 哪位 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 阿位 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 阿位 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 哪塊, 哪個許塊 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 哪個落地 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 哪裡 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 哪裡 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 哪個背兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 何落 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 哪裡 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 哪裡, 哪兒家 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 哪兒, 哪底下 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 哪兒 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 哪兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 呢底 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 呢底 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 呢底 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 呢搭底 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 哪底, 哪 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 哪角底, 哪角 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 哪地 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 呢底 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 底所, 底塊 dated or rural |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 底所 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 佗落, 途位 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 佗落 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 底所 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 底位穴, 底位 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 底塊 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 底所 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 佗落, 佗, 佗一位, 佗位, 佗一帶, 佗帶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 佗落, 佗, 佗一位, 底帶 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 佗落, 佗一位, 底落 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 佗搭, 佗, 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 佗落, 寡 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 佗落仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 佗落仔, 佗落, 佗位仔, 佗位, 佗, 佗一位 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 佗落仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 佗落仔, 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 佗仔, 佗位仔 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 佗落仔 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 佗落, 佗一位, 佗位, 底位 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 底仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 底位, 底落 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 底位 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 佗位, 佗位仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 佗, 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 佗落, 佗落位 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 佗落, 佗位 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 佗落 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 底窟 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 哪裡 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 底囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 底帶 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底一塊 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 底塊 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 底跡 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 帶 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 乜帶, 底帶, 底幅帶, 乜地方, 底內 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 帶寺 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 帶, 倒帶 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 佗落 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 底跡, 底落, 佗落 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 底度 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 底 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 哪啲, 哪甿 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 哪裡 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 阿裡, 阿裡搭, 阿裡頭, 啥地方, 啥個地方, 啥場化 dated, 啥個場化 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 何旦, 何裡旦 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 哈戶蕩 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 何裡浪, 何浪 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 哪墩, 何墩 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥場化, 哪搭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 羅裡搭葛, 羅搭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哪裡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 哪裡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 阿裡, 阿𡍲, 焉𡍲, 啥地方, 啥塢探, 啥塢宕 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 狃宕, 狃柢, 狃, 若宕, 若柢 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 哪裡, 哪汏 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哪裡, 何至, 哪當 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 哪當 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哪裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 哪裡 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 哪裡 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 哪裡 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 何為, 何以, 何, 何故, 緣何, 胡, 奚, 曷, 胡為 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 為什麼, 為何, 因何, 何以 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 為什麼, 幹嗎, 幹什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 為什麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 為啥 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 為什麼, 做什麼, 做麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 為嘛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 為麼兒, 為麼, 幹麼兒, 為什麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 為麼, 為麼個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 為啥, 因啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 為啥 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 為啥, 擁啥, 擁什麼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 為啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 為啥 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 為啥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 為啥子, 做啥子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 做麼事, 為麼事 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 為哪樣, 為些哪樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 為什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 為什麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 為什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 為什麼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 甚們事, 做事, 做啥, 為甚們 formal |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怎搞, 怎搞的 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 為乜, 為乜為物, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 點解, 做乜, 做乜嘢, 做咩, 為乜, 為咩, 做乜事幹, 因乜事幹, 因乜解究, 因咩解究, 因乜緣故, 何解, 乜, 咩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 整乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 因乜嘢, 點解 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾何, 幾解, 做乜, 為乜, 乜頭路 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 幾解 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 做乜 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 點解, 做乜嘢, 做乜, 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 為乜, 為乜事, 做乜, 做乜事, 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 為物底 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 為乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 為乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 為乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 為乜底 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 做乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 做乜嘢, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 點解 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 做乜嘢 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 點解, 為乜 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 幾解 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 為什哩 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 為咋個, 為咋哩, 做咋個, 做咋哩, 何解 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 做乜嘢, 做嘢 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 仰解, 做乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 為乜嘢 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 為麼個 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 做麼個 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 做乜個 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 為甚, 因為甚, 幹什 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 𠰻們 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 為孰事, 做孰事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 做什名, 幹乜勢, 傒勢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 傒勢 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 介計 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 蔣其 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 做什乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 做乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 做乇 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 做呢乇 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 做乜乇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 做哪乇 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 為什乇, 蔣其, 蔣講, 做什乇, 傒勢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 為什物, 按怎, 物代, 敢咧, 創什物 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 按怎, 物代 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 為啥物 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 為甚物 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 為甚物 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 為啥物, 是按怎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 何物事, 做物事, 做物 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 按怎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 敢哪, 敢哪誌 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 做呢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 作乜, 因乜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 作乜, 因乜, 怎作 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 作乜, 作個乜, 作乜物, 因乜, 因個乜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 作乜 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 為乜嘢 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 做門, 做哪門, 為哪門 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 為什個 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥體, 為啥, 做啥, 啥講究, 為啥體, 啥個講究, 啥道理, 為啥道理, 啥個路道, 啥個緣故 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 為何, 做何 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 為啥, 為點啥, 做啥, 啥體, 為啥體 |
| Wu | Danyang | 為點高, 做點高 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 為啥 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 妝乜, 為何呢, 為乜事幹 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 為淡事幹, 為待西 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 為麼子, 何解 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 奚解 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 嗎介 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 為麼子, 做麼子 |

#### Compounds

* 不奈何
* 不知何故
* 今夕何夕
* 任何 (rènhé)
* 何不 (hébù)
* 何之
* 何事 (héshì)
* 何人 (hérén)
* 何人斯
* 何以 (héyǐ)
* 何以克當 / 何以克当
* 何仙姑
* 何以見得 / 何以见得 (héyǐjiàndé)
* 何休
* 何似
* 何但
* 何傷 / 何伤
* 何其 (héqí)
* 何則 / 何则
* 何功之有
* 何去何從 / 何去何从 (héqùhécóng)
* 何哉
* 何啻
* 何嘗 / 何尝 (hécháng)
* 何在 (hézài)
* 何堪
* 何如 (hérú)
* 何如帖
* 何妨
* 何居
* 何常
* 何干 (hégān)
* 何年何月
* 何店 (Hédiàn)
* 何彼襛矣 / 何彼𰳺矣
* 何從 / 何从
* 何得 (hédé)
* 何德何能 (hédéhénéng)
* 何必 (hébì)
* 何意 (héyì)
* 何所
* 何所不為 / 何所不为
* 何承天
* 何故 (hégù)
* 何敢 (hégǎn)
* 何方 (héfāng)
* 何時 / 何时 (héshí)
* 何晏
* 何景明
* 何曾
* 何有
* 何期
* 何極 / 何极
* 何樂不為 / 何乐不为 (hélèbùwéi)
* 何止 (hézhǐ)
* 何氏語林 / 何氏语林
* 何況 / 何况 (hékuàng)
* 何消
* 何消說 / 何消说
* 何滿子 / 何满子
* 何為 / 何为
* 何焯
* 何物
* 何用
* 何由 (héyóu)
* 何當 / 何当
* 何種 / 何种
* 何等 (héděng)
* 何紹基 / 何绍基
* 何罪之有 (hézuìzhīyǒu)
* 何者 (hézhě)
* 何聊賴 / 何聊赖
* 何與 / 何与
* 何若
* 何苦 (hékǔ)
* 何苦來 / 何苦来 (hékǔlái)
* 何草不黃 / 何草不黄
* 何處 / 何处 (héchù)
* 何見之晚 / 何见之晚
* 何許 / 何许 (héxǔ)
* 何許人 / 何许人 (héxǔrén)
* 何謂 / 何谓 (héwèi)
* 何賈 / 何贾
* 何足 (hézú)
* 何足掛齒 / 何足挂齿 (hézú guàchǐ)
* 何足為奇 / 何足为奇
* 何足算
* 何足道哉
* 何進 / 何进
* 何遜 / 何逊
* 何關 / 何关
* 何陽店 / 何阳店 (Héyángdiàn)
* 何電 / 何电 (Hédiàn)
* 何須 / 何须 (héxū)
* 何預 / 何预
* 何首烏 / 何首乌 (héshǒuwū)
* 何鼓
* 傅粉何郎
* 噬臍何及 / 噬脐何及
* 因何 (yīnhé)
* 奈何 (nàihé)
* 奈何橋 / 奈何桥 (nàihéqiáo)
* 如之何 (rúzhīhé)
* 如之奈何 (rú zhī nàihé)
* 如何 (rúhé)
* 如何是好
* 干卿何事 (gānqīnghéshì)
* 幾何 / 几何 (jǐhé)
* 幾何圖形 / 几何图形 (jǐhé túxíng)
* 幾何圖案 / 几何图案
* 幾何學 / 几何学 (jǐhéxué)
* 幾何級數 / 几何级数 (jǐhé jíshù)
* 弋人何篡
* 弋者何慕
* 弋者何篡
* 後悔何及 / 后悔何及
* 從何說起 / 从何说起
* 悔之何及
* 情何以堪 (qínghéyǐkān)
* 成何體統 / 成何体统 (chénghétǐtǒng)
* 方何礙 / 方何碍
* 於何 / 于何
* 於心何忍 / 于心何忍 (yúxīnhérěn)
* 日飲亡何 / 日饮亡何
* 春秋幾何 / 春秋几何
* 更待何時 / 更待何时 (gèng dài héshí)
* 曾幾何時 / 曾几何时 (céngjǐhéshí)
* 有何不可 (yǒuhébùkě)
* 末奈何
* 末如之何
* 末耐何
* 柰何 (nàihé)
* 沒及奈何 / 没及奈何
* 沒奈何 / 没奈何 (mònàihé)
* 沒極奈何 / 没极奈何
* 沒計奈何 / 没计奈何
* 為何 / 为何
* 無何 / 无何 (wúhé)
* 無可奈何 / 无可奈何 (wúkěnàihé)
* 無可如何 / 无可如何
* 無奈我何 / 无奈我何
* 無如之何 / 无如之何
* 無如奈何 / 无如奈何
* 無計奈何 / 无计奈何
* 無論如何 / 无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
* 百身何贖 / 百身何赎
* 相煎何急
* 立體幾何 / 立体几何 (lìtǐ jǐhé)
* 緣何 / 缘何 (yuánhé)
* 而何 (érhé)
* 若何 (ruòhé)
* 莫可奈何
* 莫敢誰何 / 莫敢谁何 (mògǎn-shuíhé)
* 蕭何 / 萧何
* 解析幾何 / 解析几何 (jiěxī jǐhé)
* 該當何罪 / 该当何罪
* 誰何 / 谁何
* 談何容易 / 谈何容易 (tánhéróngyì)
* 譴何 / 谴何
* 追悔何及

#### Descendants

* → English: He, Ho
* → Tagalog: Ho (via Hokkien)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hè (he$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^6$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hè
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hè
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^4$
*** Yale: hè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: heh
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^6$
*** Yale: hoh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː²²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ho$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /xo⁴⁵/
* Middle Chinese: haX
Rime :
| Character | 何 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡可切 |
| Baxter | haX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦa$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ho$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 何 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 7466 |
| Phonetic component | 可 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 荷 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːlʔ/ |
| Notes | 同荷 |

#### Definitions

何
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 荷 (“to carry”).

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hē (he$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ho$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hē
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: he
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^1$
*** Yale: hē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: he
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ho$^1$
*** Yale: hō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ho$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ho$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

何
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 呵 (“to scold; to criticise; to denounce”).

### References

* “何”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00111
* “何”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
* what

#### Readings

* Go-on: が (ga)
* Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
* Kun: なに (nani, 何, Jōyō)、なん (nan, 何, Jōyō $^†$)、いず (izu, 何)、いずれ (izure, 何れ)、いずく (izuku, 何く)
* Nanori: あが (aga)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 何
* なに Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *n-anu-.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) なに [náꜜnì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [na̠ɲ̟i]
* Audio:(file)
* (Tokyo) なん [náꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [nã̠ɴ]

### Compounds

* 如何(どう) (dō), 如何(いかん) (ikan), 如何(いかが) (ikaga)
* 奈何(いかん) (ikan)
* 幾何(きか) (kika), 幾何(いくばく) (ikubaku)
* 誰(すい)何(か) (suika)
* 何人(なんにん) (nannin), 何人(なんびと) (nanbito)
* 何程(なにほど) (nanihodo)
* 何(なん)箇(こ) (nanko)
* 何回(なんかい) (nankai)
* 何故(なぜ) (naze), 何故(なにゆえ) (naniyue)
* 何処(どこ) (doko), 何処(いずこ) (izuko)
* 何奴(どいつ) (doitsu), 何奴(なにやつ) (naniyatsu)
* 何物(なにもの) (nanimono)
* 何分(なにぶん) (nanibun)
* 何遍(なんべん) (nanben)
* 何某(なにぼう) (nanibō)
* 何様(なにさま) (nanisama)

### Interjection

何(なに) • (nani)
* what?, huh?

### Pronoun

何(なに) or 何(なん) • (nani or nan)
* what
** 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, page 92:汝何所爲 奈尓世牟止曽What you should do. Nani se mu tö sö.
* that thing (used in place of words you can't remember at the moment.)

### Adverb

何(なに) • (nani)
* (in the negative) any, whatsoever, at all
    何不自由なく ― nani fujiyū naku ― without any inconvenience

#### Usage notes

* 何 is usually read as なに, but before だ, で, の, it is read as なん. When followed by で, both readings are possible, albeit with different meanings.

#### Derived terms

* 何(なに)か (nanika)
* 何(なに)かしら (nanikashira)
* 何(なに)が何(なん)でも (naniganandemo)
* 何(なに)気(げ)ない (nanigenai)
* 何(なに)気(げ)に (nanigeni)
* 何(なに)事(ごと) (nanigoto)
* 何(なに)卒(とぞ) (nanitozo)
* 何(なに)様(さま) (nanisama)
* 何(なに)しろ (nanishiro)
* 何(なに)人(じん) (nanijin)
* 何(なに)々(なに) (naninani)
* 何(なに)一(ひと)つ (nanihitotsu)
* 何(なに)も (nanimo)
* 何(なに)もかも (nanimokamo)
* 何(なに)者(もの) (nanimono)
* 何(なん)せ (nanse)
* 何(なん)だか (nandaka)
* 何(なん)たる (nantaru)
* 何(なん)で (nande)
* 何(なん)でも (nandemo)
* 何(なん)でもかんでも (nandemokandemo)
* 何(なん)とか (nantoka)
* 何(なん)とかかんとか (nantokakantoka)
* 何(なん)とかして (nantokashite)
* 何(なん)なり (nannari)
* 何(なん)人(ぴと) (nanpito)
* 何(なん)等(ら) (nanra)
* 何(なん)らか (nanraka)

#### Related terms

* 何(ど)れ (dore) which one?
* 何(ど)の (dono) (of) what?
* 何(ど)処(こ) (doko) where?
* 何(ど)方(ちら) (dochira) which way?
* 如何(どう) (dō) in what manner?

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 納尼 / 纳尼 (nàní)
* → English: nani

#### See also

| | ko- “this” (close to speaker) | so- “that” (close to listener) | a- “that over there” (far from both) | do- “which” (indeterminate, question) |
| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| Object | これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| Determiner | これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Kind | こういう (kō iu) | そういう (sō iu) | ああいう (ā iu) | どういう (dō iu) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| Place | こっから (kokkara) | そっから (sokkara) | — | どっから (dokkara) |
| Direction / Human | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| Direction / Human | こなた (konata) | そなた (sonata) | あなた (anata) | どなた (donata) |
| Direction | こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu)$^†$ | そいつ (soitsu)$^†$ | あいつ (aitsu)$^†$ | どいつ (doitsu)$^†$ |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| Degree | これくらい (kore kurai) | それくらい (sore kurai) | あれくらい (are kurai) | どれくらい (dore kurai) |
| Degree | これだけ (kore dake) | それだけ (sore dake) | あれだけ (are dake) | どれだけ (dore dake) |
| Degree | これほど (kore hodo) | それほど (sore hodo) | あれほど (are hodo) | どれほど (dore hodo) |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) † potentially rude or derogatory |||||
| | a-/wa- “I, we” (first person) | na-/-ma- “you, ye, thou” (second person) | k- “this” (close to speaker) | s- “that” (close to listener) | a-/ka- “that over there” (far from both) | i-/ta-/nani- “who, what, where, how, when” (interrogative) | ono- “oneself” (reflexive) |
| Person | あ (a) あれ (are) わ (wa) われ (ware) まろ (maro) | な (na) なれ (nare) なんぢ (nanji) まし (mashi) いまし (imashi) みまし (mimashi) きみ (kimi) | こ (ko) これ (kore) | そ (so) それ (sore) | あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) | た (ta) たれ (tare) なにがし (nanigashi) | おの (ono) おのれ (onore) |
| Thing | | | こ (ko) これ (kore) | そ (so) それ (sore) | あ (a) あれ (are) か (ka) かれ (kare) | いづれ (izure) なに (nani) | |
| Location | | | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あしこ (ashiko) かしこ (kashiko) | いづく (izuku) いづこ (izuko) いどこ (idoko) どこ (doko) | |
| Direction | | | こち (kochi) こなた (konata) | そち (sochi) そなた (sonata) | あち (achi) あなた (anata) かなた (kanata) | いづち (izuchi) いづら (izura) いづかた (izukata) | |
| Manner | | | か (ka) かく (kaku) かくて (kakute) かう (kō) | さ (sa) さて (sate) しか (shika) | | いか (ika) | |
| Time | | | | | | いつ (itsu) | |

### Prefix

何(なん) • (nan-)
* what number, how many (used with a counter)
* (used with も) many (used with a counter)
    この広(こう)告(こく)を何(なん)回(かい)も見(み)た
       kono kōkoku o nankai mo mita
       I've seen this ad many times

#### Derived terms

* 何(なん)月(がつ) (nangatsu)
* 何(なん)歳(さい) (nansai)
* 何(なん)時(じ) (nanji)
* 何(なん)度(ど) (nando)
* 何(なん)日(にち) (nannichi)
* 何(なん)番(ばん)目(め) (nanbanme)
* 何(なん)曜(よう)日(び) (nan'yōbi)

### References

* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
* Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 何 (MC ha).

### Hanja

Wikisource 何 (eumhun 어찌 하 (eojji ha))
* hanja form of 하 (“how; what”)

#### Compounds

* 하필 (何必, hapil)
* 기하학 (幾何學, gihahak)
* 육하원칙 (六何原則, yukhawonchik)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Kunigami
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ぬー (nū, 何)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nuː/

### Pronoun

何(ぬー) (nū)
* what

## Miyako
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: のー (nō, 何)、なう (nau, 何)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /noː/

### Pronoun

何(のー) (nō)
* what

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ぬー (nū, 何)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nuː/

### Pronoun

何(ぬー) (nū)
* what

## Vietnamese
### Han character

何: Hán Nôm readings: hà, gã, há
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation

## Yaeyama
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: のー (nō, 何)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /noː/

### Pronoun

何(のー) (nō)
* what

## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: ぬー (nū, 何)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nuː/

### Pronoun

何(ぬー) (nū)
* what