哪
něi
#651 most
frequent character
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
哪 began as a sentence-final particle, with 口 as the meaning part. 那 nà supplies the sound. The question meaning 'what, which' was borrowed only for the sound, not from the shape.
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