娜

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娜 U+5A1C, 娜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1C
← 娛
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娝 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

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. 娜
simp. # 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

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • nó͘ - literary;
  • ná/nǎ/ló - vernacular.
    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
    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 娜
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 10768
    Phonetic
    component         		冉
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		橠
    Old
    Chinese         		/*naːlʔ/

    Definitions

    娜

    1. beautiful; graceful

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation from modern pronunciation of its phonetic part 那 (nà). 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

      娜

      1. Used in female personal names.
        歐陽娜娜／欧阳娜娜  ―  Ōuyáng Nànà  ―  Ouyang Nana

      Compounds

      Japanese

      Kanji

      娜

      (Hyōgai kanji)

      1. graceful

      Readings

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

      Compounds

      Compounds

      Usage notes

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

      Korean

      Hanja

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

      1. elegant
      2. graceful
      3. delicate

      Tày

      Noun

      娜 (na̱)

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

      References

      • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

      Vietnamese

      Han character

      娜: Hán Nôm readings: na, nạ

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