无论如何
wúlùnrúhé · HSK 7
anyway
无论 (no matter) + 如何 (how) = no matter how, i.e. in any event, anyway
Breaks into 无论 wúlùn (regardless of) plus 如何 rúhé (how). 无 = without, 论 = to argue, so 无论 is without-arguing = regardless; 如何 is the set how phrase. Together: regardless of how things go, anyway.
无 — top 一 + 林-like middle + fire radical 灬 below
Originally a pictograph of a person dancing while holding ornaments or tassels, meaning 'to dance' — the ancestor of 舞. It was borrowed phonetically to write the negative 'not have / without,' and the dance meaning was reassigned to 舞 with an added foot element. The simplified form 无 comes from an ancient variant.
如 — woman radical 女 + mouth 口
Originally a phono-semantic compound where 女 (woman) suggested compliance and 口 (mouth) indicated speaking or following orders. The early sense was 'to follow' or 'to comply with what is said,' which extended to 'to be like' or 'as if.' Modern uses like 'if' and 'such as' grew from this comparative meaning.