如何 (いかん) — how, in what way, circumstances
如何
how
Frequency #5033
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
混合 mixed
Mixed compound — combines different reading types in a pattern that doesn't fit the standard categories.
noun
Part of speech (JMdict: adv, n)
ikan
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
いかん[2] nakadaka 中高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- how
- in what way
- circumstances