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那

nà, nā, nuó, nǎ

that

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 冄 represents the sound.

Components
冄 sound component

冄  Sound component

rǎn

  

drooping

冄 is a component form of 冉.

⻏ meaning component

⻏  Meaning component

yì

  

city

⻏ is a component form of 邑.

Evolution

那 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
那 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
那 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
那 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
那 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

那  

nà

that, that one, those; that; those; then (in that case); commonly pr. [nèi] before a classifier, esp. in Beijing

那  

Nā

surname Na

那  

Nuó

surname Nuo

那  

nǎ

variant of 哪[nǎ]

那  

nuó

(archaic) many; beautiful; how; old variant of 挪[nuó]

Most common words with 那
Freq.
Word
Meaning

那

that

那么

like that

那个

that one

那些

those

那样

that kind

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

哪 娜 挪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nˤar

na

nuó

ample


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.9359% of movies

18th most common character in movies

38th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+90A3

Shuowen

“，西夷國。从邑，冄聲。安定有朝縣。”


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