Zi:何

何 [hé] what; any (​任何 rènhé); how (​如何 rúhé); ​几何 jǐhé geometry; (HDZ:) … [hè] ​荷: ​担, ​挑; (HDC:) ​儋何, 何​鼓, 何​校, 何​勞

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 何 hè ‘carry’, hé ‘ask; what’ combines ​亻(​人 rén) ‘person’, and ​可 kě ‘can/may’ (phonosemantic); later wr. ​荷 hè ‘carry’.
    Note: Formerly 何 hè ‘carry’, later wr. ​荷 (​担​荷); today mainly 何 hé ‘what’.
    Compare: ​曷 hé ‘what/how/why’.
    Older graphs (OBI) associated with 何/​荷 are said to depict a person carrying a lance/spear on the shoulder (HDZ).
    Compare: ​任何 rènhé ‘any’, ​如何 rúhé ‘how’, ​几何 jǐhé ‘geometry’ (some common words); otherwise, 何 is more common in wr. than spoken Ch.
    Compare: ​什​么 shénme ‘what’, ​怎​么 zěnme ‘how’ (common/colloquial interrogatives).
    HDZ: 何 : hè : ​荷: ​担, ​挑 • hé : ​问; (​代​词) ​疑​问 (​什​么; 何​故, ​为​什​么; 何​处, ​哪​里; ​谁); (​副​词) (​岂, ​怎; ​甚, ​多​么); (​助​词); ​訶/​呵: ​谴​责, ​呵​斥; ​河; (​姓)
►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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