なに
何
ゆえ
故

adverb

Messages.form.
  1. why.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
なに
何
ゆえ
故
 何故 なにゆえ
なに
何
　
ゆ
　
え
 何ゆえ なにゆえ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

what
なに　なん　カ (2nd, N5)
human radical (no. 9)
can, passable, approval
カ　コク　-べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ　テイ　チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
happenstance, especially, intentionally
コ　ゆえ　ふる.い (5th, N1)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)