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捺

捺

Translingual

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (奈) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
奈	naːls, naːds
柰	*naːds
渿	*naːds
捺	*naːd

扌 ‎(“hand”) + 奈 – to press down with the hand, stamp.

Han character

捺 (radical 64 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大一火 (QKMF), four-corner 5409₁, composition ⿰扌奈)

References

KangXi: page 435, character 29

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12221

Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1893, character 2

Unihan data for U+637A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		捺

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: nà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
  - Wade-Giles: na⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naat⁶
  - Yale: naaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːt̚²/

Middle Chinese: /nɑt̚/▼

Rime
Character	捺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	奴曷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nat̚/
Li Rong	/nɑt̚/
Wang Li	/nɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nà

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*naːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	捺
Reading #	1/1
No.	9353
Phonetic component	奈
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	捺
Old Chinese	/*naːd/

Verb

捺

To press down firmly with the hand.

Noun

捺

(Chinese calligraphy) a stroke that falls downwards towards the right (㇏)

Synonyms

磔 (zhé)

Coordinate terms

(basic character strokes) 點, 橫, 豎, 提, 捺, 撇, 折, 鉤, 彎, 斜

Japanese

Kanji

捺

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

On: なつ (natsu), だつ (datsu)

Kun: おす (osu)

Korean

Hanja

捺 • ‎(nal) (hangeul 날, revised nal, McCune-Reischauer nal, Yale nal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

Hán Việt: nài

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