Kanji Detail for 焉 - "how, here"

焉

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
焉 means "how, here."
1. How - An interrogative particle expressing a rhetorical question or doubt.
2. Here - In this place; this.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

how; why; then

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

thereupon, then; how? why? where?

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

where; how

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A particle. Like saying "where." (Analects) "How can people be hidden?" | 焉耆. An ancient state name. In present-day Yanqi County, Xinjiang. Pronounced Yan. | A particle. Used with descriptive words. Same as 然. As in 圉圉焉, 洋洋焉. | A sentence-final particle. (Analects) "Seek out the virtuous and correct oneself."
Onyomi

en(えん)

i(い)
Kunyomi

izukunso

kore(これ)

sunawa.chi(すなわち)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

火灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)
Related Keywords
interrogative particle expressing rhetorical question doubt place