Why didn't you turn up on Saturday?
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为何
Traditional: 為何
wèi hé
HSK 3.0 · 6
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wèi hé · wai6 ho4 (Jyutping)
- why
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Character breakdown
为
- Meaning
- do, handle, govern, act; be
- Radical
- 丶
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻丶⿴力丶
- Cangjie
- IKSI
- Four-corner
- 3402
何
- Meaning
- what, why, where, which, how
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰亻可
- Cangjie
- OMNR
- Four-corner
- 2122.0
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Example sentences
Why aren't you in jail?
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