曷

Information about character(s)

Radical: 曰
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hé, è, hè
Cantonese: hot3
JapaneseKun: NANI NANZO IZUKUNSO
JapaneseOn: KATSU
Korean: KAL
Vietnamese: hạt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: why? what? where?

CE-Dict: why/how/when/what/where

Soothill: How ? What ? Why ? Translit. a (अ), ha (ह), ra (र), ro (रो).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] when
2.[Formal] how; why

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《曰部》曷何也。从曰匃聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集上】【曰字部】曷
【唐韻】胡葛切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】何葛切，𠀤音褐。【說文】何也。【易·損卦】曷之用。【註】曷，辭也。曷之用，言何用豐爲也。【五經文字】作曷者譌。　又【爾雅·釋詁】曷，止也。　又【玉篇】逐也，盍也。　又【集韻】許葛切，音𠿒。相恐怯也。　又阿葛切，音遏。逮也。　又丘葛切，音喝。與䳚同。　又與蝎同。【史記·蔡澤傳】先生曷鼻巨肩。【註】索隱曰：曷鼻，謂鼻如蝎蟲也。曷字从匂，不从匃作。

Buddhism words and phrases Why? How? When?

CF-Dict: pourquoi ?/quoi ?/où ?

Han-De-Dict: als, während (u.E.)/das, was (u.E.)