# 曷

| 曷 | U+66F7, &#26359; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66F7 |
| ← 曶 [U+66F6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 書 → [U+66F8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

曷 (Kangxi radical 73, 曰+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日心女人 (APVO), four-corner 6072$_7$, composition ⿱曰匃)

#### Derived characters

* 偈 喝 堨 嵑 幆 㡫 愒 揭 暍 楬 渴 㷎 㹇 猲 㿣 碣 䅥 竭 褐 䋵 羯 蝎 謁(谒) 輵(𬨍) 鍻 鞨 餲(𮩝) 馤 騔(𩨀) 齃 朅 遏
* 㓭 㔠 歇 毼 䫘 鶡(鹖) 䦪 䈓 葛 䨠 㬞
* 𩩲 𥃞 𣍊 𤣨 𤸎

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 502, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14290
* Dae Jaweon: page 874, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1502, character 10
* Unihan data for U+66F7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 曷 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 愒 | *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad |
| 馤 | *qaːds |
| 靄 | *qaːds, *qaːd |
| 餲 | *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd |
| 喝 | *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd |
| 揭 | *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad |
| 偈 | *ɡrads, *ɡrad |
| 猲 | *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad |
| 葛 | *kaːd |
| 輵 | *kaːd |
| 獦 | *klaːd, *rab |
| 渴 | *kʰaːd, *ɡrad |
| 嵑 | *kʰaːd |
| 暍 | *qʰaːd, *qad |
| 曷 | *ɡaːd |
| 褐 | *ɡaːd |
| 鶡 | *ɡaːd |
| 毼 | *ɡaːd |
| 蝎 | *ɡaːd |
| 鞨 | *ɡaːd, *ɢljad |
| 遏 | *qaːd |
| 齃 | *qaːd |
| 堨 | *qaːd |
| 擖 | *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb |
| 楬 | *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 朅 | *kʰrad |
| 藒 | *kʰrad |
| 竭 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 碣 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 羯 | *kad |
| 鍻 | *kad |
| 歇 | *qʰad |
| 蠍 | *qʰad |
| 謁 | *qad |
Shuowen Jiezi: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡaːd): phonetic 匃 + semantic 曰

### Etymology

Cognate with 何 (OC *ɡaːl, “what; where; why; how”). See there for more.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hé (he$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hot$^3$ / hot$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hat
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hot$^3$ / hot$^6$
*** Yale: hot / hoht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hot$^8$ / hot$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hod$^3$ / hod$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːt̚³/, /hɔːt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hat
*** Tâi-lô: hat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: had
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hat̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hat̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hat̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: hat
Rime :
| Character | 曷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 曷 (63) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 胡葛切 |
| Baxter | hat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hot$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤat/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 曷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hé |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hat › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ]ˁat/ |
| 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 | 曷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5030 |
| Phonetic component | 曷 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 曷 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡaːd/ |

### Definitions

曷
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) why; what; where; how; when
       From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
       Shí rì hé sàng, yǔ jí rǔ jiē wáng. [Pinyin]
       When [will] this sun die? I [shall] die with you.
       From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
       Rǔ hé fú gào zhèn, ér xū dòng yǐ fúyán, kǒng shěn yú zhòng? [Pinyin]
       Why do you not report (their words) to me, but go about to excite one another by empty speeches, frightening and involving the multitudes in misery?
       From: Three Character Classic, circa 13th century CE
       Gǒu bù xué, hé wéi rén. [Pinyin]
       If [foolishly] you do not study, how can you become men?
       From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
       Huái zāi huái zāi, hé yuè yǔ huán guī zāi. [Pinyin]
       I think of them. Which month shall I return by?

#### Synonyms

| 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 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 曷, 何時, 幾時 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 何時, 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多咱兒, 多會兒, 多咱, 多早, 多早晚兒, 多咱晚兒, 多晚兒, 幾兒, 幾兒個 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 啥時候, 多會兒, 多前兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 啥時候兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 多會兒, 多咱, 多晚, 多晚兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 多會兒, 多咱 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 幾時, 什麼時候 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 多咱, 多晚兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 啥時候, 多前兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 多咱兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 多會兒, 多怎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 多會兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多咱, 什麼時候, 麼時候 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 多亥兒, 多時晚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 多咱, 多會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 多咱晚兒, 啥時候兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 多乎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 幾當番 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 啥時候兒, 多早兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 什麼時候, 啥時候, 幾時 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 多乎兒, 啥時候, 阿個時候, 阿會兒, 阿空兒, 多咱 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 早晚, 多咱, 多會兒, 啥時候, 什麼時候 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 啥時候兒, 幾時, 多會兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 啥時候, 幾時 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 幾時, 多會, 多會兒, 啥時候 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 什麼時節 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 啥時節, 啥時候, 多會兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哪陣, 哪陣子, 啥子時候, 啥子時候兒, 啥時候兒, 哪個時候, 好久 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 麼咱, 幾時, 幾咱, 幾麼咱, 哪咱, 哪麼咱, 什麼時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 好久, 哪崗, 哪下, 哪陣, 哪樣時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 什麼時候, 多陣, 哪陣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 什麼時候 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 幾時, 哪時, 什麼時候 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 什麼時候, 幾時, 多咱, 多咱子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 什麼時候, 多晚子, 多晚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 什麼時候, 多早晚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 哄晌子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 幾時, 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 幾時, 邊時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜時候 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 幾時, 乜嘢時候 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 幾時 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾時 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾場中, 幾時間 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 什仔時分 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 咋個時會, 咋個時仔, 幾時, 幾時仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾時, 麼個時候 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 一惹時候 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 耐幾時 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麼個時候 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪央時, 麼個央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪下仔, 哪時, 哪時節, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪當時, 哪量時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪時, 哪央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾時, 哪久, 哪下, 哪央時, 哪量時, 麼個央時, 麼個時節 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾時, 哪時, 麼個時, 麼個時務 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 幾時 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 幾時 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 麼老時候, 何時, 哪一歇 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 麼唉時候, 哪扎 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 底物時候, 底物時間 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 底物時候 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 什麼時候 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 底物時候 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 什時候, 多會兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 什會兒, 多會兒, 哪會兒, 什麼時候, 什時候 |
| Jin | Linhe | 什時候, 多咱會兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 多會兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 什時候 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 什麼時候, 多會兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 啥時候 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 孰時候, 孰麼時候 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 什乇辰候, 乜乇時間 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 什乇時候 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 底時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 當時, 底時, 底當時 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 底時, 幾時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 底時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 底時, 幾時 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 幾時, 幾當仔, 幾當時仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 乜時候, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 𫢗時, 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 底𫢗時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 底時, 𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底𫢗時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 𫢗時, 底時 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 乜候 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 底時候, 乜時候, 底時, 底個時候, 乜物時候, 乜個時候, 個乜時候 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 幾時 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幾時, 哪時 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥辰光 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 何辰光, 幾場浪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 啥辰光 |
| Wu | Danyang | 哪歇候, 哪娘收, 哪早晚, 點高時候 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 啥格辰光 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 啥辰光, 咋辰光, 幾時 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 何時節, 幾恁界 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 幾時, 淡時節, 哪樣時節, 哪樣節, 哪時節, 待時節, 哪孑, 哪孑時節 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 麼子時候 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 麼子時際, 麼子時界, 麼子時界唧 |

#### Compounds

* 曷嘗 / 曷尝
* 曷爲 / 曷为
* 曷知 (a̍h-chai)
* 曷若
* 曷鼻

### References

* “曷”, 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–
* “Query for 曷”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)
* Kun: なに (nani)、なんぞ (nanzo)、いずくんぞ (izukunzo)

## Korean
### Hanja

曷 • (gal) (hangeul 갈, revised gal, McCune–Reischauer kal, Yale kal)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

曷: Hán Nôm readings: hạt, hột
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