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Stroke order

Stroke order

内 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人月 (OB) or 難人月 (XOB), composition ⿻冂人)

• 㐻 呐 㘨 妠 𢗉 抐 汭 枘 㶧 肭 𤬲 䄲 衲 納(纳) 蚋 訥(讷) 豽 䟜 軜 鈉(钠) 靹 䪏 魶 𥪞
• 肉 㕯 丙 呙 𡶀 芮 笍 氝 𦛚

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 128, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1512
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 97, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5185

Historical forms of the character 内
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Simplified from 內. Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : semantic 入 (“to enter”) + semantic 冂 (“house”). It originally conveyed the meaning of "to bring into the house," and by extension, came to mean "inside" or "within."^[1]

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 內)

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nwojH, “inside, between”):

• Go-on: ない (nai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: だい (dai, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: うち (uchi, 内, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nop, “to enter”):

• Go-on: のう (nō)^{←なふ (nafu, historical)}、のう (nō)^{←のふ (nofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: どう (dō)^{←だふ (dafu, historical)}
• Kun: いれる (ireru, 内れる)

Native 名乗り (nanori) readings:

• Nanori: ただ (tada)、ちか (chika)、のち (nochi)、のぶ (nobu)、はる (haru)、まさ (masa)、みつ (mitsu)

• 内障(そこひ) (sokohi)
• 内匠(たくみ) (takumi)
• 河内(ハノイ) (Hanoi)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *utui.

• (Tokyo) うち (Heiban – )^[1][2]
• IPA^(key):

内(うち) • (uchi) 

1. the inside, within (a physical location)

   Antonym: 外 (soto)

   福(ふく)は内(うち)鬼(おに)は外(そと) ― fuku wa uchi oni wa soto ― Good fortune in, evil spirits out(said in the 豆撒き (mame maki, “bean scattering”) of Setsubun)

2. something between, among

   料(りょう)理(り)のうちに入(はい)らない ― ryōri no uchi ni hairanai ― does not count as cooking(literally, “does not enter the inside of cooking”)

   謝(あやま)った内(うち)に入(はい)らない ― ayamatta uchi ni hairanai ― does not count as apology

3. something while, during, inside or within a span of time

   若(わか)い内(うち)に世(せ)界(かい)を旅(りょ)行(こう)した方(ほう)がいい。 ― wakai uchi ni sekai o ryokō shita hō ga ii. ― You should travel the world while you’re young.

   するならいまの内(うち)。 ― suru nara ima no uchi. ― If you're going to do it, do it now.

4. (when used possessively) one’s own, my, our

   内(うち)の会(かい)社(しゃ) ― uchi no kaisha ― our company

   • 1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “５×４Ｐ　第1話　お茶をにごす [5×4P Chapter 1: Tea-Bragging]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 104:

     あ———

     A———

     Ah—

     どうしたの　サチコ？

     Dōshita no Sachiko?

     What is it, Sachiko?

     思(おも)い出(だ)した。うちのお父(とう)さんだわ、あの人(ひと)——

     Omoidashita. Uchi no otō-san da wa, ano hito——

     I remember now. That guy over there— is my father

     あ——

     A——

     Oh—

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• (Tokyo) うち (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

内(うち) • (uchi) 

1. (informal, women's speech) I, me

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nwojH).

• (Tokyo) ない (Atamadaka – )^[2]
• IPA^(key):

内(ない) • (nai) 

1. the inside or middle (of something)

   Synonym: 奥 (oku)

   Antonym: 外 (gai)

2. (Buddhism) Buddhist teachings on the inner self or ego, as opposed to non-Buddhist ones
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内(ない) • (nai) 

1. inside
2. mainland

From Middle Chinese 內 (MC nwojH).

内(だい) • (dai) 

1. inside, interior, inner
2. imperial court

内 (eumhun 안 내 (an nae))

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内 (eumhun 들일 납 (deuril nap))

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Cognate with Manchu ᠨᠣᡶᡳ (nofi, “people”)

内 (neisu)

1. people

• Andreas Hölzl (2019) “A wedding ceremony of the Kyakala in China: Language and ritual”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎, volume 16, page 133

内: Hán Nôm readings: nội, nói, nỗi, nòi, nụi, nồi

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