拿

See also: 拏

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

拿 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人口手 (ORQ), four-corner 8050₂, composition ⿱合手)

Derived characters

• 𠌧, 嗱, 𫱗, 𢲡, 𣗯, 鎿, 镎, 𫦏

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 429, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12015
• Dae Jaweon: page 777, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1864, character 3
• Unihan data for U+62FF

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		拿
alternative forms		拏／拿 挐 㧱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 拿
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	*rnaː, *na
笯	*rnaː, *naː, *naːs
挐	*rnaː, *na
絮	*rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	*n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
奴	*naː
砮	*naː, *naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	*naːʔ, *naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	*naʔ, *nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	*nja, *njas
茹	*nja, *njaʔ, *njas
洳	*nja, *njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Compound of 合手.

A later alternative glyph of 拏／拿 (ná) and 挐 for senses related to “to take with hand”. Originally regarded as unorthodox by Zhengzitong and Zihui.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): ná (na²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): на (na, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): na¹

• Northern Min (KCR): nà
• Eastern Min (BUC): nā
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ná / nâ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): na²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶na

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ná
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ná
    • Wade–Giles: na²
    • Yale: ná
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: na
    • Palladius: на (na)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: на (na, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /na²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: naa⁴
    • Yale: nàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: na´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: na¹
    • Sinological IPA: /na²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: na¹
    • Sinological IPA: /na⁴⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /na⁴²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡa³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná
    • Tâi-lô: ná
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nâ
    • Tâi-lô: nâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: naa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nã¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /nã²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: na²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ná
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /na⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶na
    • MiniDict: na^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³na
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /na²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 拿
Mandarin	Beijing	/na³⁵/
	Harbin	/na²⁴/
	Tianjin	/nɑ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/na⁴²/
	Qingdao	/na⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/na⁴²/
	Xi'an	/na²⁴/
	Xining	/na²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/na⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/la⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/na⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/na²¹³/
	Chengdu	/na³¹/
	Guiyang	/na²¹/
	Kunming	/na̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/lɑ²⁴/
	Hefei	/la⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/na¹¹/
	Pingyao	/nɑ¹³/
	Hohhot	/na³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/na⁵³/
	Suzhou	/no¹³/
	Hangzhou	/nɑ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/na²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/la³¹/
	Tunxi	/tɔ¹¹/ 馱
Xiang	Changsha	/la³³/ ～得來 /la¹³/ ～手
	Xiangtan	/nɒ³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/lɑ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/na⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/nɑ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/na²¹/
	Nanning	/na²¹/
	Hong Kong	/na²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/na⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/na³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/na⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/nã⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/na³¹/ /lia³³/ 訓掠

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rnaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	拿
Reading #	1/1
No.	9590
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	拏
Old Chinese	/*rnaː/
Notes	拏晚起字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 拿

1. to take; to hold; to grasp
2. to seize; to capture
3. to bring
4. introducing an instrument or target: with

   拿事實證明／拿事实证明  ―  ná shìshí zhèngmíng  ―  prove with facts

   拿我開玩笑／拿我开玩笑  ―  ná wǒ kāiwánxiào  ―  make fun of me

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 拿 (“to take; to hold”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		取
Mandarin	Beijing	拿
	Taiwan	拿
	Jinan	拿
	Zhengzhou	拿, 搦
	Xi'an	拿
	Wuhan	拿
	Chengdu	拿
	Guilin	拿
	Yangzhou	拿
	Hefei	拿
	Malaysia	拿
	Singapore	拿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攞, 拎, 搦
	Hong Kong	攞, 拎, 搦
	Macau	拎
	Taishan	𢬿, 討
	Kaiping (Chikan)	討
	Yangjiang	捰, 拎, 摣
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	攞, 拎
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	攞
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	攞
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	攞
	Penang (Guangfu)	攞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	搦
	Móng Cái	攞
Gan	Nanchang	拿
Hakka	Meixian	拿
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	拿
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	拿
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	拿
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	提
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	提
	Sabah (Bao'an)	撿
	Kuching (Hepo)	撿, 拿
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	搦
Huizhou	Jixi	擔
Jin	Taiyuan	荷, 拿
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拿, 㨮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拈, 掏
Southern Min	Xiamen	提
	Quanzhou	提, 掗
	Jinjiang	提, 掗
	Zhangzhou	提
	Dongshan	攑
	Taipei	提, 挈 GT
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	提
	Kaohsiung	提
	Yilan	提
	Changhua (Lukang)	提
	Taichung	提
	Tainan	提
	Hsinchu	提
	Kinmen	提, 捎
	Penghu (Magong)	提
	Penang (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攑, 提
	Manila (Hokkien)	提, 掗
	Chaozhou	挈
	Shantou	挈
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	挈
	Jieyang	挈
	Singapore (Teochew)	挈, 攑
	Wenchang	把
	Haikou	把
	Qionghai	把
	Singapore (Hainanese)	挈
Wu	Shanghai	拿
	Suzhou	拿
	Ningbo	馱, 撈, 挈
	Wenzhou	朵, 抯, 揹
Xiang	Changsha	拿
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

拿

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): だ (da); な (na)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 拿く)

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Korean

Hanja

拿 • (na) (hangeul 나)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 拿 (nã, nạ, nả, nà)

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