曷 hé

1. hé pronoun why; how; when; what; where
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An interrogative pronoun used in preclassical Chinese (CC-CEDICT '曷'; Guoyu '曷' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '曷' 1, p. 156; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 95; Unihan '曷')
2. hé adverb why not
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '曷' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '曷' 2, p. 156)
3. hé adverb how can it be that
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: in the sense of 難道 (Guoyu '曷' adv 3)

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那伽罗曷国 、 那揭罗曷国 、 乌那曷 、 那揭罗曷

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• 僖公 Lord Xi Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 78
• 莊公 Lord Zhang Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 53
• 卷七十三　列傳第三:　耶律曷魯 蕭敵魯 耶律斜涅赤 耶律欲穩 耶律海里 Volume 73 Biographies 3: Yelu Helu, Xiao Dilu, Yelu Xieniechi, Yelu Yuwen, Yelu Haili History of Liao 遼史 — count: 36
• 隱公 Lord Yin Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 32
• 襄公 Lord Xiang Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 31
• 昭公 Lord Zhao Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 27
• 宣公 Lord Xuan Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 24
• 文公 Lord Wen Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 23
• 桓公 Lord Huan Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 20
• 哀公 Lord Ai Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳 — count: 19