nài
but
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 奈
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
helpless | ||
how can one help | ||
have no way out | ||
to cope | ||
Cornell (US University) |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*nˤa[t]-s | najH | nài | cope with |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 6.7756% of movies
1719th most common character in movies
1624th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5948 |
Shuowen | “柰，果也。从木，示聲。” |
Sources
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