何
E484681
何 is a common Chinese surname and character used in East Asian languages, often associated with meanings like "what" or "how."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 何 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4975612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 何 Context triple: [He (surname), scriptForm, 何]
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A.
苏
苏 is the standard Chinese abbreviation used to refer to Jiangsu Province in eastern China.
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B.
Hui
The Hui are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in China known for their integration of Islamic faith with Han Chinese language and cultural practices.
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C.
Yuanhong
Yuanhong is a Chinese given name that appears in the full name of the historical figure Li Yuanhong.
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D.
Wu
Wu is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across politics, academia, entertainment, and sports.
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E.
He Zhihua
He Zhihua was a Chinese military officer and notable graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy who contributed to early 20th-century military affairs in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 何 Target entity description: 何 is a common Chinese surname and character used in East Asian languages, often associated with meanings like "what" or "how."
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A.
苏
苏 is the standard Chinese abbreviation used to refer to Jiangsu Province in eastern China.
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B.
Hui
The Hui are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in China known for their integration of Islamic faith with Han Chinese language and cultural practices.
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C.
Yuanhong
Yuanhong is a Chinese given name that appears in the full name of the historical figure Li Yuanhong.
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D.
Wu
Wu is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across politics, academia, entertainment, and sports.
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E.
He Zhihua
He Zhihua was a Chinese military officer and notable graduate of the Yunnan Military Academy who contributed to early 20th-century military affairs in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CJK ideograph
ⓘ
Chinese character ⓘ Chinese surname ⓘ |
| cangjieInput | OIR ⓘ |
| cantoneseJyutping | ho4 ⓘ |
| cantoneseYale | hòh ⓘ |
| commonSurnameIn |
China
ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Singapore ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| fourCornerCode | 21227 ⓘ |
| japaneseKunReading |
なに
ⓘ
なん ⓘ |
| japaneseOnReading | カ ⓘ |
| koreanReadingHangul | 하 ⓘ |
| koreanReadingHanja | 하 ⓘ |
| language |
Chinese
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ |
| mandarinPinyin |
hè
ⓘ
hé ⓘ héng ⓘ |
| mandarinTone | 2 ⓘ |
| mandarinZhuyin | ㄏㄜˊ ⓘ |
| meaningInChinese |
how
ⓘ
what ⓘ where ⓘ which ⓘ why ⓘ |
| meaningInJapanese | what ⓘ |
| radical | 亻 ⓘ |
| radicalNumber | 9 ⓘ |
| romanizationCantoneseYale | Ho ⓘ |
| romanizationJyutping | Ho ⓘ |
| romanizationPinyin | He ⓘ |
| romanizationWadeGiles | Ho ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| simplifiedForm | 何 ⓘ |
| strokeCount | 7 ⓘ |
| traditionalForm | 何 ⓘ |
| UnicodeCodePoint | U+4F55 ⓘ |
| usage |
classical Chinese pronoun
ⓘ
interrogative pronoun ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| vietnameseReading |
hà
ⓘ
hè ⓘ hạ ⓘ hả ⓘ họ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 何 Description of subject: 何 is a common Chinese surname and character used in East Asian languages, often associated with meanings like "what" or "how."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
He