Zi:何
何 [hé] what; 任何 rènhé any; 如何 rúhé how; 几何 jǐhé geometry [hè] 荷: 担, 挑; (HDC:) 儋何、何鼓、何校、何勞
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From 亻(人 rén) ‘person’ and 可 kě phonetic.
Aside from the common words 任何 rènhé ‘any’ and 几何 jǐhé ‘geometry’, 何 hé occurs more often in books than in spoken conversation, where 什么 shénme ‘what’ and 怎么 zěnme ‘how’ sound more natural than 何 hé and 如何 rúhé.
►references: Guǎngyùn:161.15,304.48; Henshall:80; Karlgren:AD414,GSR1f; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.130.4; Mathews:2109; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:98.15; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:052.0.09; Wáng(1993):161; EDOC:1
►components: 亻可
►Cantonese: hoh\
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