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曷

hé

why? what? where?

Phonosemantic compound. 曰 represents the meaning and 匃 represents the sound.

Components
曰 meaning component

曰  Meaning component

yuē

  

say

匃 sound component

匃  Sound component

gài

  

beggar

Evolution

曷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
曷 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
曷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
曷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
曷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

曷  

hé

why? what? where?; why; how; when; what; where

Component uses

Sound component in 14 characters (2 verified)

喝 渴 揭 歇 葛 竭 褐 遏 謁 谒 蝎 碣 羯 猲

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

藒

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ˤat

hat

hé

what


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5256th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+66F7

Shuowen

“曷，何也。从曰，匃聲。”


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