那

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See also: 哪
那 U+90A3, 那
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90A3
← 邢
[U+90A2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 邤 →
[U+90A4]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
6 strokes
Stroke order
那-order.gif

Han character[edit]

那 (radical 163, 邑+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸手弓中 (SQNL), four-corner 17527, composition ⿰𭃂阝)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1268, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39305
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1767, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3760, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+90A3

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 那
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
那-seal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (冉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
那 *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls
挪 *naːl
娜 *naːlʔ
柟 *noːm, *njam, *njamʔ
抩 *noːm
聃 *n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm
舑 *n̥ʰaːm, *njam
坍 *n̥ʰaːm
髯 *njam, *njams
蚺 *njam
呥 *njam
冉 *njam, *njamʔ
袡 *njam
苒 *njamʔ
姌 *njamʔ, *neːmʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls): phonetic 冄 (OC *njam, *njamʔ) + semantic 邑 (“city”).

Originally the name of a state; later borrowed for a distal demonstrative.

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那
alternative forms 𨚗

Cognate with 若 (OC *njaɡ, “that”), 爾 (MC ȵiᴇX, “that”) (Norman, 1988). Also compare (Schuessler, 2007):

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: nèi - contraction of 那一 (nàyī), used when it is followed by classifier or numeral + classifier.
Note: naa6, no5 - rare.
Note:
  • nā - vernacular;
  • nō͘ - literary.

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. that; those
    那人是誰？ / 那人是谁？  ―  Nà rén shì shuí?  ―  Who is that person?
    那是什麼？ / 那是什么？  ―  Nà shì shénme?  ―  What's that?
    Antonym: 這／这 (zhè)
  2. then; in that case
    那我呢？  ―  Nà wǒ ne?  ―  (Then) what about me?
  3. (dialectal) so; that
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 那 (“that”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 彼, 其, 夫, 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 那, 該
Mandarin Beijing 那
Taiwan 那
Tianjin 那
Cantonese Guangzhou 嗰
Hong Kong 嗰
Taishan 嚀, 𡃕
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 該
Liudui (S. Sixian) 該
Hsinchu (Hailu) 該
Dongshi (Dabu) 該
Hsinchu (Raoping) 該
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 遐
Min Dong Fuzhou 許
Min Nan Xiamen 彼, 許
Quanzhou 彼, 許
Zhangzhou 彼, 許
Taipei 彼
Kaohsiung 彼
Penang (Hokkien) 彼
Philippines (Manila Hokkien) 彼, 許
Chaozhou 許
Shantou 許
Wu Shanghai 埃, 伊
Wenzhou 許

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 那

Etymology 2[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那
alternative forms 𨚗

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • ná - vernacular;
  • nó͘ - literary.
Rime
Character 那
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 奴可切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nɑX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nɑX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/naX/
Li
Rong 		/nɑX/
Wang
Li 		/nɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/nɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nuǒ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 那
Reading # 2/3
No. 10769
Phonetic
component 		冉
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		橠
Old
Chinese 		/*naːlʔ/

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. (dated) Alternative form of 哪 (nǎ, “which; where”).

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 那

Etymology 3[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那
alternative forms 若

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那
alternative forms 𨚉
𨙻

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 那
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 諾何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/na/
Li
Rong 		/nɑ/
Wang
Li 		/nɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/nɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nuó
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 那
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		nuó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ na ›
Old
Chinese 		/*nˁar/
English ample

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 那
Reading # 1/3
No. 10766
Phonetic
component 		冉
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		那
Old
Chinese 		/*naːl/
Notes 說文冄聲

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. † many; much
  2. † beautiful
  3. † calm; tranquil
  4. (historical) Nuo (a state)
  5. A surname​.

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 那

Etymology 5[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那
alternative forms 𨚗

Fusion of 如何 (OC *nja ɡaːl) or 奈何 (OC *naːls ɡaːl).

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 那
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 諾何切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/na/
Li
Rong 		/nɑ/
Wang
Li 		/nɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/nɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nuó
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 那
Reading # 1/3
No. 10766
Phonetic
component 		冉
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		那
Old
Chinese 		/*naːl/
Notes 說文冄聲

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. † how

Etymology 6[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. † Alternative form of 挪 (nuó, “to move”).

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 那

Etymology 7[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那

Pronunciation[edit]

Rime
Character 那
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 奴箇切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nɑH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nɑH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/naH/
Li
Rong 		/nɑH/
Wang
Li 		/nɑH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/nɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nuò
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 那
Reading # 3/3
No. 10770
Phonetic
component 		冉
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		奈
Old
Chinese 		/*naːls/

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. † Sentence-final interrogative particle.
  2. † Synonym of 奈 (nài). (clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. ‡ to finish; to end

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 那

Etymology 8[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. Only used in 那吒, alternative form of 哪吒 (Nézhā).

Etymology 9[edit]

simp. and trad.
 那
EB1911 - Volume 01 - Page 001 - 1.svg This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “from Manchu ᠨᠠᡵᠠ (nara)?”

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

那

  1. A surname​. Na

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

那

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. what

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

那 • (na) (hangeul 나, revised na, McCune–Reischauer na, Yale na)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

那 (na, ná, nả, nà)

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