那

See also: 哪

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

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		那
variant forms		𨚉 𨙻 𨚗

Glyph origin

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

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

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

• Proto-Mon-Khmer *nɔʔ ~ *nɔh (“this”), whence Khmer នោះ (nuh, “that”), Vietnamese nọ (“this”);
• Khmu [script needed] (naa, “she”);
• Proto-Tai *najᶜ (“this”), whence Thai นี้ (níi, “this”), Zhuang neix (“this”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nà, nè, nèi (na⁴, ne⁴, nei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ, ㄋㄜˋ, ㄋㄟˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): нэ (III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵, naa⁶, no⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): na
• Min Nan (POJ): nā / nō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard)⁺
    • Pinyin: nà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
    • IPA ^(key): /na̠⁵¹/
    • 
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: nè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: nê⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neh
    • IPA ^(key): /nɤ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
    • Pinyin: nèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˋ
    • Wade–Giles: nei⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ney
    • IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯⁵¹/

Note: nèi - contraction of 那一 (nàyī), used when it is followed by classifier or numeral + classifier.

• • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: нэ (III)
    • IPA ^(key): /nɛː⁴⁴/

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

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁵, naa⁶, no⁵
    • Yale: náh, nah, nóh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵, naa⁶, no⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁵, na⁶, no⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑː¹³/, /nɑː²²/, /nɔː¹³/

Note: naa6, no5 - rare.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: na
    • Hakka Romanization System: na
    • Hagfa Pinyim: na⁴
    • IPA: /na⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā
    • Tâi-lô: nā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: na
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nã²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nō͘
    • Tâi-lô: nōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: no
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁴¹/

Note:

• nā - vernacular;
• nō͘ - literary.

Definitions

那

1. that; those

   Antonyms: 這／这 (zhè)

   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?

   • 你為什麼特別挑了那一個呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     你为什么特别挑了那一个呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ wèishénme tèbié tiāo le nà yī ge ne? [Pinyin]

     Why did you choose that one in particular?

   • 那年我將近十歲，住在四川成都郊區的百花橋。 [MSC, trad.]
     那年我将近十岁，住在四川成都郊区的百花桥。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Dàshuǐ Guòhòu (After the Flood)

     Nà nián wǒ jiāngjìn shí suì, zhù zài Sìchuān Chéngdōu jiāoqū de Bǎihuāqiáo. [Pinyin]

     That year, I was about ten years old, living in Sichuan Province in a suburb of Chengdu city called Hundred Flowers.

2. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Used after 咋 (zǎ), 咋就. so; that
3. then; in that case

   那我呢？  ―  Nà wǒ ne?  ―  (Then) what about me?

   • 嗯，我明白了，那我最好也打扮一下。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     En, wǒ míngbái le, nà wǒ zuìhǎo yě dǎbàn yī xià. [Pinyin]

     Oh, I see. I'd better dress up then.

   • 你不喜歡這份工作？那你怎麼不辭掉呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     你不喜欢这份工作？那你怎么不辞掉呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ bù xǐhuān zhè fèn gōngzuò? Nà nǐ zěnme bù cídiào ne? [Pinyin]

     You don' t like your job? In that case why don' t you leave?

Compounds

Derived terms from 那

• 一剎那／一刹那 (yīchànà)
• 兀那 (wùnà)
• 剎那／刹那 (chànà)
• 印度支那 (Yìndùzhīnà)
• 哈瓦那市
• 圭亞那／圭亚那 (Guīyànà)
• 安闍那／安阇那
• 密支那
• 巴特那
• 布那喀
• 式叉摩那
• 打那麼／打那么
• 支那 (Zhīnà)
• 末那
• 格瑞那達／格瑞那达 (Géruìnàdá)
• 桑那浴
• 檀那 (tánnà)
• 毗盧遮那／毗卢遮那
• 波布那
• 波札那 (Bōzhánà)
• 波隆那
• 痴那
• 禪那／禅那 (chánnuó)

• 維那／维那
• 緊那羅／紧那罗
• 萬那杜／万那杜 (Wànnàdù)
• 西那畫派／西那画派
• 規那／规那 (guīnà)
• 貝那芬托／贝那芬托
• 辛辛那提 (Xīnxīnnàtí)
• 這個那個／这个那个
• 那下
• 那不勒斯 (Nàbùlèsī)
• 那些 (nàxiē)
• 那兒／那儿 (nàr)
• 那卡西 (nàkǎxī)
• 那咱
• 那哈兒／那哈儿 (nàhār)
• 那堝兒／那埚儿
• 那壁廂／那壁厢
• 那天
• 那密比亞／那密比亚
• 那就
• 那廝／那厮
• 那搭
• 那是 (nàshì)

• 那時／那时 (nàshí)
• 那更
• 那會子／那会子
• 那末
• 那樁兒／那桩儿
• 那樣／那样 (nàyàng)
• 那樣子／那样子
• 那溜兒／那溜儿
• 那爛陀／那烂陀
• 那當兒／那当儿
• 那般
• 那裡／那里 (nàlǐ)
• 那話兒／那话儿 (nàhuàr)
• 那起人
• 那達慕／那达慕 (nàdámù)
• 那頭兒／那头儿
• 那麼／那么 (nàme)
• 那麼著／那么著
• 那麼點兒／那么点儿
• 阿那含
• 魯米那／鲁米那
• 麥地那／麦地那 (Màidìnà)
• 麼那／么那

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎ, něi (na³, nei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˇ, ㄋㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): ná / nó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˇ
    • Wade–Giles: na³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naa
    • IPA ^(key): /na̠²¹⁴/
    • 
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: něi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄟˇ
    • Wade–Giles: nei³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neei
    • IPA ^(key): /neɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa⁵
    • Yale: náh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: na⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑː¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná
    • Tâi-lô: ná
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nar
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /nã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• ná - vernacular;
• nó͘ - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /nɑ^X/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*naːlʔ/

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

那

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 那

• 那個／那个 (nàge)
• 那匡
• 那哼

• 那得 (nǎdé)
• 那怕

• 那爭／那争
• 那等

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuó (nuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: nuo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
    • IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁴
    • Yale: nòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /nɑ/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*nˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*naːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	那
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nuó
Middle Chinese	‹ na ›
Old Chinese	/*nˤar/
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

那

1. ^† many; much

   • 不戢不難，受福不那。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     不戢不难，受福不那。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bù jí bù nán, shòu fú bù nuó. [Pinyin]

     Are they not self-restrained? Are they not careful?
     Will they not receive much happiness?

2. ^† beautiful
3. ^† calm; tranquil

   • 王在在鎬，有那其居。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王在在镐，有那其居。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Wáng zài zài Hào, yǒu nuó qí jū. [Pinyin]

     The king is here, here in Hao,
     Dwelling in tranquillity.

4. (historical) Nuo (a state)
5. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 那

• 婆那娑

• 禪那／禅那 (chánnuó)

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuó (nuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: nuo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
    • IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁴
    • Yale: nòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /nɑ/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*naːl/

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

那

1. ^† how

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuó (nuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: nuo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
    • IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁴
    • Yale: nòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nɔː²¹/

Definitions

那

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 那

• 掇那
• 那借

• 那動／那动
• 那步

• 騰那／腾那

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuò (nuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: nuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: nuo⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuoh
    • IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁶
    • Yale: noh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /nɔː²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /nɑ^H/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*naːls/

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

那

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 那

• 無那／无那

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): né, nuó (ne², nuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄜˊ, ㄋㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: né
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄜˊ
    • Wade–Giles: nê²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ne
    • IPA ^(key): /nɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: nuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: nuo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
    • IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵/

Definitions

那

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

Etymology 8

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nā (Na¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naa¹, no¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Nā
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: na¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Nha
    • IPA ^(key): /na̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naa¹, no¹
    • Yale: nā, nō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naa¹, no¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: na¹, no¹
    • IPA ^(key): /nɑː⁵⁵/, /nɔː⁵⁵/

Definitions

那

1. A surname​. Na

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Japanese

Kanji

那

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. what

Readings

• Goon: な (na, Jōyō)
• Kan’on: だ (da)
• Kun: なんぞ (nanzo, 那ぞ); いかんぞ (ikanzo, 那ぞ); なに (nani, 那); やす (yasu); とも (tomo)

Compounds

• 与那原 (よなばる) (yonabaru)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

那 (na, ná, nả, nà)

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