何とか

なんとか

somehow, please

Mnemonic

The same nanny なん as 何, with the answer left deliberately vague. It got done. Nobody is going to explain how, and it is better not to ask: なんとか.

Worth knowing

何とかなる is it will work out somehow. As a request, 何とかして is do something about it.

Built from

何

what

亻 person + 可 can, possible

Words sharing these kanji

何 what 何だか somehow, for some reason 何より above all, most important 何でも anything, whatever 何となく for some reason 何で why, what for

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