什么 shénme what, why

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Traditional: 什麼

Stroke order

什么 is written in 7 strokes across 2 characters.

什么 — the Chinese character for what, why (shénme), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 什么 — what, why

什 — 4 strokes
么 — 3 strokes

Senses

what?
something; anything

Characters in 什么

什 shén — what
么 me

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

你想吃什么？Nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?What do you want to eat?
这是什么？Zhè shì shénme?What is this?

Related words

什么 is pronounced shénme and means “what, why”.

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