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娜

娜

Translingual

Han character

娜 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸手中 (VSQL), four-corner 47427, composition ⿰女那)

  1. a female given name
  2. elegant, graceful, delicate

References

  • KangXi: page 262, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1048, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+5A1C

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 娜

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 娜
Reading # 1/1
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 娜
Reading # 1/1
No. 10768
Phonetic
component		 冉
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 橠
Old
Chinese		 /*naːlʔ/

Definition

娜

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Pronunciation 2

Definitions

娜

  1. Used in female personal names.

Japanese

Kanji

娜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

娜 • ‎(na) (hangeul 나, revised na, McCune-Reischauer na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娜 (na, nạ)

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