U+5A1C, 娜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1C

[U+5A1B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5A1D]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𦶦

References

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

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *naːlʔ): semantic + phonetic (OC *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Note:
  • nó͘ - literary;
  • ná/nǎ/ló - vernacular.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (8)
    Final () (94)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter naX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /nɑX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /nɑX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /nɑX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /naX/
    Li
    Rong
    /nɑX/
    Wang
    Li
    /nɑX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /nɑX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    nuǒ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    no5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10768
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*naːlʔ/

    Definitions

    1. beautiful; graceful

    Compounds

    • 夭娜
    • 娜娜
    • 娜婀
    • 婀娜 (ēnuó)
    • 婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
    • 嫋娜 / 袅娜
    • 嫋嫋娜娜 / 袅袅娜娜
    • 嬌娜 / 娇娜
    • 嬝娜 / 袅娜
    • 嬝娜纖巧 / 袅娜纤巧
    • 嬝娜風流 / 袅娜风流
    • 嬝嬝娜娜 / 袅袅娜娜
    • 窈娜
    • 裊娜 / 袅娜

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation from modern pronunciation of its phonetic part (). Originally used to transcribe foreign female personal names, then also used in Chinese female personal names.

    Pronunciation


    Note:
    • nó͘ - literary;
    • ló/ná - vernacular;
    • na - vernacular (俗).

      Definitions

      1. Used in female personal names.
        歐陽欧阳  ―  Ōuyáng   ―  Ouyang Nana

      Compounds

      Japanese

      Kanji

      (Hyōgai kanji)

      1. graceful

      Readings

      • Go-on: (na)
      • Kan-on: (da)
      • Kun: おもむろ (omomuro, )しなやか (shinayaka, 娜やか)

      Compounds

      Usage notes

      Used in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨da⟩ and ⟨na⟩.

      Korean

      Hanja

      (eumhun 아리따울 (arittaul na))

      1. elegant
      2. graceful
      3. delicate

      Tày

      Noun

      (na̱)

      1. Nôm form of na̱ (maternal aunt, second wife).

      References

      • Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[1] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

      Vietnamese

      Han character

      : Hán Nôm readings: na, nạ

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