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为什么

wèishénme

why

A confused person by a broken wheel
Memory picture

Characters in this word

为 wèi

Strokes
4
Radical
丶 — dot

什 shén

Strokes
4
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 什

Example phrases

  • 你为什么哭? Nǐ wèishénme kū? Why are you crying?
  • 为什么不去? Wèishénme bú qù? Why not go?
  • 他为什么笑? Tā wèishénme xiào? Why is he laughing?

Related words

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