鈉

See also: 钠

Translingual

Han character

鈉 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金人月 (COB), four-corner 8412₇, composition ⿰金内 or ⿰金內)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1298, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40215
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4176, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9209

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Chinese

trad.		鈉
simp.		钠

Chemical element
Na
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Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妠	*nuːms, *nuːb, *rnoːd
內	*nuːbs
笍	*tnobs, *njobs
芮	*njobs
枘	*njobs
汭	*njobs
鈉	*njobs
蜹	*njobs, *lobs, *njod
抐	*nuːns, *nuːd
納	*nuːb
衲	*nuːb
魶	*nuːb, *noːb
軜	*nuːb
蒳	*nuːb
豽	*rnuːd
肭	*rnuːd, *nuːd, *nuɡ
吶	*nod
焫	*njod
訥	*nuːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njobs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 內 (OC *nuːbs).

Etymology 1

Borrowed from New Latin natrium.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): na̍p
• Eastern Min (BUC): năk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h / la̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nab⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵neq

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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: naap⁶
    • Yale: naahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: na̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: nab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /nap̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: năk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡaʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍p
    • Tâi-lô: la̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lap
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /lap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lap̚²⁴/

Note:

• la̍p - literary;
• la̍h - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: nab⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: na̍p
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nap̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵neq
    • MiniDict: 'neh^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'neq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nəʔ³⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈉

1. sodium

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶

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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: naap⁶
    • Yale: naahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːp̚²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈉

1. ^† to forge iron

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruì (rui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
    • Wade–Giles: jui⁴
    • Yale: rwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
    • Palladius: жуй (žuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nywejH

Rime
Character	鈉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而銳切
Baxter	nywejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwiajH/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛiH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njobs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈉
Reading #	1/1
No.	9387
Phonetic component	內
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*njobs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鈉

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 枘 (ruì, “tenon”).
2. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 𨧨 (“sharp; pointed”).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), a04273

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

鈉

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): どう (dō), のう (nō)
• Kun: きたえる (kitaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

鈉 • (nap) (hangeul 납, revised nap, McCune–Reischauer nap, Yale nap)

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