What is the meaning of 如何 in Japanese?

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Japanese Dictionary Word Meaning of 如何

1.1 in what manner, how
2.1 what about... (used to make a suggestion)

Part of Speech - Japanese Dictionary word 如何

如何 is a Adverb. A word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb

Japanese Dictionary Words derived from 如何

如何わしい,如何しい: dubious,doubtful

Japanese Dictionary Examples of Usage of 如何

2.1 お茶はいかがでしょうか。
In English: How about some tea?

Japanese Dictionary Word Forms of 如何

1. 如何 (canonical)
2. ikaga (romanization)

History of 如何

/ika ni ka/ → */ikanka/ → /ikanɡa/ → /ikaɡa/ Originally a phrase consisting of 如何 (ika, “what kind”) + に (ni, adverbial particle) + か (ka, question marker particle). The uncontracted form ika ni ka appears in the Man'yōshū completed in 759 CE. The fully contracted form ikaga is first cited to the Kokin Wakashū of roughly 905 CE, with evidence of a partially contracted form ikanga in The Tale of the Heike of roughly 1330.