Kanji: 何

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	人(亻) Radical name: ひと（にんべん）
Meaning:	What
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 350 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	何(なん／なに)	what
N3	何(なに)	what
N3	何(なん)	what
N3	何(なに)か	something
N3	何(なん)で	Why?, What for?
N3	何(なん)でも	by all means, everything
N3	何(なん)とか	somehow, anyhow, one way or another
N2	何々(なになに)	such and such, What?
N2	何分(なにぶん)	what minute?, how many minutes?
N1	如何(いかが)	how, in what way
N1	何時(いつ)の間(ま)にか	before one knows, unnoticed, unawares
N1	何処(どこ)	where, what place
N1	何処(どこ)か	somewhere, anywhere, in some respects
N1	何方(どちら)	which, who
N1	何方(どなた)	who?
N1	何(ど)の	which, what
N1	何故(なぜ)	why, how
N1	何気(なにげ)ない	casual, unconcerned
N1	何(なに)しろ	at any rate, anyhow, anyway, in any case
N1	何卒(なにとぞ)	please
N1	何(なに)も	nothing
N1	何(なに)より	most, best
N1	何(なん)だか	a little, somewhat, somehow
N1	何(なん)て	how...!, what...!
N1	何(なん)と	what, how, whatever
N1	何(なん)となく	somehow or other, for some reason or another
N1	何(なん)とも	nothing (with neg. verb), quite, not a bit
N1	何(なん)なり	any, anything, whatever