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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Hé | He2
English translation
surname He
what
how
why
which
carry
what, why, where, which, how

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

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Positional decomposition

亻可

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Néng Jiào 如何 rúhé 使用 shǐyòng 这个 zhè ge 照相机 zhàoxiàngjī ?

Can you show me how I can handle this camera?

正是 zhèng shì duì 这些 zhè xiē 事物 shìwù de 思念 sīniàn ,足以 zúyǐ 使 shǐ 任何 rènhé 苦痛 kǔ tòng 变甜, 足以 zúyǐ hǎo 任何 rènhé 创伤 chuāng shāng .

The very thought of these things was sufficient to sweeten any bitterness, and heal any wound.

zhè xiē 斜坡 xié pō 平面 píngmiàn 到底 dàodǐ 意味着 yìwèizhe 什么 shénme , zhè shì 几何 jǐ hé . ”

The problem is one of geometry, what these slopes and planes mean. "

我们 wǒmen 十分 shífēn 详细 xiángxì de 讨论 tǎolùn le 浓密 nóng mì de Lěng 分子 fèn zǐ yún 如何 rúhé 凝聚 níngjù Chéng yuán 恒星 héng xīng .

We recounted in detail how dense, cool molecular clouds condense into protostars.

Jiào xiǎo 弟弟 dìdi 如何 rúhé 摔跤 shuāi jiāo .

He taught his little brother how to wrestle.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
任何 rènhé any任何 rènhé
如何 rúhé how如何 rúhé
为何 wèi hé why為何
what
何时 hé shí when何時
无论如何 wú lùn rú hé whatever the case無論如何
何必 hébì why should何必 hébì
何况 hékuàng let alone何況
何以 hé yǐ whence何以 hé yǐ
何处 hé chù whence何處
何不 hé bù why not?何不 hé bù
几何 jǐ hé geometry幾何
何在 hé zài where?何在 hé zài
何等 hé děng what kind?何等 hé děng
无可奈何 wú kě nài hé have no way out無可奈何
奈何 nài hé to cope奈何 nài hé
何人 hé rén who何人 hé rén
何苦 hé kǔ why bother?何苦 hé kǔ
何方 hé fāng where?何方 hé fāng
何去何从 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow何去何從
何故 hé gù what for?何故 hé gù
曾几何时 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before曾幾何時
何谓 hé wèi (literary) what is?何謂
何尝 hé cháng how?何嘗

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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