那

那 U+90A3, 那 ← 邢[U+90A2] CJK Unified Ideographs 邤 →[U+90A4] Stroke order Stroke order

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

• 㑚, 哪, 挪, 娜, 梛

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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

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

simp. and trad. 那 alternative forms 𨚗

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

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

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.
   • 那裡面只是一些沒用的傢俱和磁器。 [MSC, trad.]那里面只是一些没用的家俱和磁器。 [MSC, simp.]Nè lǐmiàn zhǐ shì yīxiē méiyòng de jiājù hé cíqì. [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Antonym: 這 / 这

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

simp. and trad. 那 alternative forms 𨚗

那

1. (dated) alternative form of 哪 (“which; where”)

simp. and trad. 那 alternative forms 若

那

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (Hokkien) more
2. (Hokkien) Indicates two actions happening simultaneously; see 那……那…….

For pronunciation and definitions of 那 – see 㑚 (“(Wu) you”).(This character is a variant form of 㑚).

Contraction of 那麼／那么

那

1. (Xiang) so; such; that

• (Standard) 那麼／那么 (nàme)

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.)

那

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) many; much
   • 不戢不難，受福不那。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]不戢不难，受福不那。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge’s versionBù jí bù nán, shòu fú bù nuó. [Pinyin]Are they not self-restrained? Are they not careful?Will they not receive much happiness?
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beautiful
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) calm; tranquil
   • 王在在鎬，有那其居。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]王在在镐，有那其居。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge’s versionWáng 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

simp. and trad. 那 alternative forms 𨚗

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

那

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) how

simp. and trad. 那

那

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 挪 (nuó, “to move”)

simp. and trad. 那

那

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Sentence-final interrogative particle.
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) synonym of 奈 (nài) (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. (historical dictionaries only) to finish; to end

simp. and trad. 那

那

1. used in 那吒, an alternative form of 哪吒

simp. and trad. 那

Clipping of 那拉, from Manchu ᠨᠠᡵᠠ (nara).

那

1. a surname, Na 那英 ― Nà Yīng ― Na Ying (Chinese singer)

Derived from Proto-Tai *naːᴬ (“paddy field”) or its descendants, such as Zhuang naz.

那

1. Used in place names in southern China

• “那”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04204

Shinjitai 那 Kyūjitai[1][2] 那󠄁那+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) 那󠄃那+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. what

From Middle Chinese 那 (MC na); compare Mandarin 那 (nuó):

• Go-on: な (na, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: だ (da)

From Middle Chinese 那 (MC naX); compare Mandarin 那 (nǎ):

• Go-on: な (na, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: だ (da)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: あれ (are, 那)、おおい (ōi, 那い)、おいて (oite, 那いて)、いかでか (ikadeka, 那でか)、いかん (ikan, 那)、いかんぞ (ikanzo, 那ぞ)、どの (dono, 那)、とも (tomo, 那)、どれ (dore, 那れ)、なに (nani, 那)、なんぞ (nanzo, 那ぞ)、やす (yasu, 那)
• Nanori: とも (tomo)、ふゆ (fuyu)、やす (yasu)

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

From Middle Chinese 那 (MC na|naX|naH).

• IPA(key): [na̠]

那(な) • (na)

1. what, which

• 那(な)辺(へん) (nahen)
• 那(な)箇(こ) (nako)

那 (eumhun 어찌 나 (eojji na))

1. hanja form? of 나 (“that, those”)

那: Hán Nôm readings: na, ná, nả, nà

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