挪

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挪 U+632A, 挪
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-632A
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Translingual

Han character

挪 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手尸手中 (QSQL), four-corner 57027, composition ⿰扌那)

  1. move, shift on one side

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12084
  • Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1876, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+632A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 挪

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

Rime
Character 挪
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 諾何切
Baxter na
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/na/
Li
Rong 		/nɑ/
Wang
Li 		/nɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/nɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nuó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		no4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 挪
Reading # 1/1
No. 10767
Phonetic
component 		冉
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		那
Old
Chinese 		/*naːl/

Definitions

挪

  1. to move; to shift on one side
    把桌子挪到那邊去。 [MSC, trad.]
    把桌子挪到那边去。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bǎ zhuōzi nuó dào nàbiān qù.
    Move the table to that side.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 移 (“to move (an object)”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 移, 挪, 移動, 挪動
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 移, 挪
Singapore 移
Cantonese Guangzhou 移, 喐, 褪
Hong Kong 移, 喐, 褪
Taishan 移
Singapore (Guangfu) 移
Hakka Meixian 徙, 移
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 徙
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 徙
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 徙
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 徙
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 徙
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 徙
Southern Min Xiamen 徙
Quanzhou 徙
Zhangzhou 徙
Tainan 徙
Penang (Hokkien) 徙
Singapore (Hokkien) 徙
Manila (Hokkien) 徙
Jieyang 徙
Singapore (Teochew) 徙

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

挪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): だ (da)、な (na)
  • Kun: もむ (momu, 挪む)

Korean

Hanja

挪 • (na) (hangeul 나, revised na, McCune–Reischauer na, Yale na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

挪: Hán Nôm readings: ná, na

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