娜

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

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.		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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nuó (nuo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ná / nǎ / ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nuó
  - Wade–Giles: no²
  - Yale: nwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
  - Palladius: но (no)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: no⁵
  - Yale: nóh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: no⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: no⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná
  - Tâi-lô: ná
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nar
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /nã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎ
  - Tâi-lô: nǎ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
  - Tâi-lô: ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/

Note:

nó͘ - literary;
ná/nǎ/ló - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: naX

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	/nɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/na^X/
Li Rong	/nɑ^X/
Wang Li	/nɑ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	no⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*naːlʔ/

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

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁴ / naa⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ló / ná / na / nā

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nà
  - Wade–Giles: na⁴
  - Yale: nà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
  - Palladius: на (na)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: no⁴ / naa⁴
  - Yale: nòh / nàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: no⁴ / naa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: no⁴ / na⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²¹/, /naː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
  - Tâi-lô: ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná
  - Tâi-lô: ná
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nar
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: na
  - Tâi-lô: na
  - Phofsit Daibuun: naf
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nã³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā
  - Tâi-lô: nā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: na
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nã³³/

Note:

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

Definitions

娜

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

Compounds

愛洛娜／爱洛娜
漢娜／汉娜 (Hànnà)
芙宁娜
莎喲娜拉／莎哟娜拉 (shāyōnàlā)
蒙娜麗莎／蒙娜丽莎 (Méngnà Lìshā)
雅典娜 (Yǎdiǎnnà)
黛安娜 (Dài'ānnà)

Japanese

Kanji

娜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

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)

Tày

Noun

娜 (na̱)

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]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

娜: Hán Nôm readings: na, nạ

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