捺

捺 U+637A, 捺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-637A ← 捹 [U+6379] CJK Unified Ideographs 捻 → [U+637B]

Translingual

Han character

捺 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大一火 (QKMF), four-corner 5409₁, composition ⿰扌奈)

Derived characters

• 𭊁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12221
• Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1893, character 2
• Unihan data for U+637A

Chinese

trad.		捺
simp. #		捺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
奈	*naːls, *naːds
柰	*naːds
渿	*naːds
捺	*naːd

扌 (“hand”) + 奈 – to press down with the hand, stamp.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nà
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴
    • Yale: nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
    • Palladius: на (na)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naat⁶
    • Yale: naaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
    • Tâi-lô: la̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nat

Rime
Character	捺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴曷切
Baxter	nat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nat̚/
Li Rong	/nɑt̚/
Wang Li	/nɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*naːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捺
Reading #	1/1
No.	9353
Phonetic component	奈
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	捺
Old Chinese	/*naːd/

Definitions

捺

1. to press down firmly with the hand
2. (Chinese calligraphy) a stroke that falls downwards towards the right (㇏)

   一字不二捺  ―  yī zì bù èr nà  ―  one character does not have two falling strokes (rule used in calligraphy)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 按 (“to push; to press”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		按
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	按, 摁
	Taiwan	按
	Malaysia	按
	Singapore	按
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	按, 摁
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	按, 壓
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	按, 逞
	Wuhan	按, 逞
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	捺
	Hefei	按, 捺
Cantonese	Guangzhou	撳, 的
	Hong Kong	撳
	Macau	撳
	Yangjiang	擪
	Singapore (Guangfu)	撳
Gan	Nanchang	按, 陣
Hakka	Meixian	撳
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	撳
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	撳
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	撳
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	撳, 擪
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	撳
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	擪
	Kuching (Hepo)	撳
Jin	Taiyuan	按
Northern Min	Jian'ou	壓
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	扼
Southern Min	Xiamen	揤
	Quanzhou	揤
	Zhangzhou	揤
	Taipei	揤
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	揤
	Kaohsiung	揤
	Yilan	揤
	Changhua (Lukang)	揤
	Taichung	揤
	Tainan	揤
	Hsinchu	揤
	Kinmen	揤
	Penghu (Magong)	揤
	Penang (Hokkien)	揤, 捏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	揤, 捏
	Manila (Hokkien)	揤
	Chaozhou	揤
	Singapore (Teochew)	揤
Wu	Shanghai	撳
	Suzhou	撳
	Wuxi	撳
	Wenzhou	捺, 捼
Xiang	Changsha	捘, 按
	Shuangfeng	撳

• (stroke): 磔 (zhé); (Min Nan) 裁刀

Coordinate terms

• (basic character strokes) 點／点 (diǎn), 橫／横, 豎／竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤／钩 (gōu), 彎／弯 (wān), 斜

Compounds

• 按捺 (ànnà)
• 按捺不住 (ànnàbùzhù)
• 捺下
• 捺倒
• 捺印
• 捺定性子
• 捺擱／捺搁

 

Japanese

Kanji

捺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. press
2. print
3. affix a stamp
4. seal

Readings

• Go-on: なち (nachi); なつ (natsu)
• Kan-on: だつ (datsu)
• Kun: おす (osu, 捺す); さす (sasu, 捺す); つく (tsuku, 捺く)
• Nanori: な (na)

Compounds

Compounds

• 捺印(なついん) (natsuin)
• 捺染(なっせん) (nassen)
• 捺(な)落(らく) (naraku)
• 捺筆(だっぴつ) (dappitsu)
• 押捺(おうなつ) (ōnatsu)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
捺
なつ Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 捺 (MC nat).

Proper noun

捺(なつ) • (Natsu) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

捺 (eum 날 (nal))

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Vietnamese

Han character

捺: Hán Nôm readings: nài, nại

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