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

Derived characters[edit]

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 shéi?  ―  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.
    Antonym: 這／这 (zhè)
  2. 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.]
    Ńg, 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?
  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
Xi'an 兀3
Malaysia 那
Singapore 那
Cantonese Guangzhou 嗰
Hong Kong 嗰
Macau 嗰
Taishan 嚀, 𡃕
Dongguan 嗰
Yangjiang 那
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 嗰
Singapore (Guangfu) 嗰
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 該
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 該
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 該
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 該
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 該
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 遐
Kuching (Hepo) 嗰
Huizhou Jixi 那
Jin Taiyuan 兀3
Xinzhou 𠰻
Min Bei Jian'ou 兀4
Min Dong Fuzhou 許
Singapore (Fuqing) 許
Min Nan Xiamen 彼, 許
Quanzhou 彼, 許
Zhangzhou 彼, 許
Taipei 彼
Kaohsiung 彼
Penang (Hokkien) 彼
Singapore (Hokkien) 彼
Manila (Hokkien) 彼, 許
Chaozhou 許
Shantou 許
Haifeng 許
Singapore (Teochew) 許
Batam (Teochew) 許
Wenchang 許
Singapore (Hainanese) 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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		no5
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. (Singapore Hokkien) to be at; to be in; to be located

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 在 (“at, in”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 於
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 在
Mandarin Beijing 在, 挨, 跟
Taiwan 在
Harbin 在
Jinan 在, 從
Wanrong 在
Xi'an 在
Ürümqi 在
Wuhan 在
Chengdu 在
Guiyang 在
Guilin 在
Liuzhou 在
Yangzhou 在
Nanjing 在
Hefei 在
Malaysia 在
Singapore 在
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 在
Cantonese Guangzhou 喺, 響
Hong Kong 喺, 響
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 喺, 在
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 喺, 響
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 在
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 在
Macau 喺
Guangzhou (Panyu) 喺, 響
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 響, 喺
Guangzhou (Conghua) 在
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 在
Foshan 喺, 響
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 喺, 響
Foshan (Shunde) 喺
Foshan (Sanshui) 喺
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 喺, 響
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 在
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 在
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 響, 揀
Zhuhai (Doumen) 揀
Jiangmen (Baisha) 喺
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 喺
Taishan 到, 響
Kaiping (Chikan) 到, 響
Enping (Niujiang) 到, 響
Heshan (Yayao) 響
Dongguan 響, 在, 喺
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 在
Yangjiang 在
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 喺, 響
Singapore (Guangfu) 喺
Gan Nanchang 在
Lichuan 在
Pingxiang 在
Hakka Meixian 喺
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 在
Dongguan (Qingxi) 在
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 在
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 在
Conghua (Lütian) 在
Yudu 在
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 在
Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) 在
Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) 在
Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) 在
Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) 在
Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) 在
Hong Kong 在
Senai (Huiyang) 在
Kuching (Hepo) 在
Jin Taiyuan 在
Xinzhou 在
Min Bei Jian'ou 到
Min Dong Fuzhou 著, 在, 洽
Fuqing 著, 洽
Singapore (Fuqing) 著
Min Nan Xiamen 佇, 踮, 蹛
Quanzhou 佇, 踮, 蹛
Zhangzhou 佇, 咧, 蹛
Zhao'an 佇, 蹛
Taipei 佇
New Taipei (Sanxia) 佇
Kaohsiung 佇
Yilan 佇
Changhua (Lukang) 佇
Taichung 佇
Tainan 佇, 踮, 蹛
Hsinchu 佇
Kinmen 佇
Penghu (Magong) 佇
Penang (Hokkien) 佇, 蹛
Singapore (Hokkien) 佇, 那
Manila (Hokkien) 佇
Chaozhou 在
Shantou 在
Shantou (Chenghai) 在
Shantou (Chaoyang) 在
Jieyang 在
Haifeng 著
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 在
Singapore (Teochew) 在
Wenchang 佇
Singapore (Hainanese) 佇
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 在
Wu Shanghai 辣, 辣辣, 辣海
Suzhou 勒
Danyang 在
Ningbo 來, 來勒, 來的, 來東, 來當, 來該
Wenzhou 是
Xiang Changsha 在
Loudi 在
Shuangfeng 在

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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		no4
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		no4
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		no6
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
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

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

那

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. what

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
那
な
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Affix[edit]

那(な) • (na) 

  1. what, which
Derived terms[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

那: Hán Nôm readings: na, ná, nả, nà

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