This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: カ、なに、なん、なに-、なん-
Romaji: ka, nani, nan, nani-, nan-
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: あが
Romaji: aga
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

what

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  340
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-2-5
Korean Reading:  ha
Chinese Reading:  he4
Unicode:  4f55
JIS:  323F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 65
Nelson Index: 409
New Nelson Index: 169
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a5.21
Four Corner Index: 2122.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 80
Gakken Index: 471
Japanese Names Index: 513
Daikanwanjiten Index: 511
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0694
Remembering the kanji Index: 1012
Busy People Index: 2.2
Kanji Way Index: 43
Kanji Flashcards Index: 15
Kodansha Compact Index: 73
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 86
Kanji in Context Index: 80
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 45
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 48
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1021
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1087
Essential Kanji Index: 254
Kodansha Kanji Index: 73
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2149
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 51
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 137

Words

(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
幾ばく (いくばく)
how many; how much
何とか (なんとか)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
何かと (なにかと)
one way or another
何事 (なにごと)
what; something; everything; nothing (with neg. verb); something or other; unspecified matter
幾何 (きか)
geometry
何者 (なにもの)
who; what kind of person
何故か (なぜか)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
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