如何 (いかん) — how, in what way, circumstances

如い何かん how

Frequency #5033 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. 2 characters 混合 mixed Mixed compound — combines different reading types in a pattern that doesn't fit the standard categories. adverb noun

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いかん

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. いかん[2] nakadaka 中高

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Meanings

how
in what way
circumstances

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 如 (6)

如(ごと)し gotoshi like 欠(けつ)如(じょ) ketsujo lack 如(い)何(か)に ikani how 突(とつ)如(じょ) totsujo suddenly 如(ごと)く gotoku like 如(にょ)実(じつ) nyojitsu reality (usu. adverbially as ～に)

Words with 何 (24)

何(なに) nani what 何(なん)とか nantoka somehow 何(な)故(ぜ) naze why 何(なん)らかの nanrakano some kind of 何(なん)人(にん) nannin how many people 何(ど)処(こ) doko where 何(なん)だか nandaka somehow 何(な)故(ぜ)か nazeka for some reason

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 如 (6)

Words with 何 (24)

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