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那

See also: 哪
那 U+90A3, 那
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90A3
← 邢
[U+90A2] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 邤 →
[U+90A4]

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Han character

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那 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸手弓中 (SQNL), four-corner 17527, composition ⿰𭃂阝)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1268, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39305
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1767, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3760, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+90A3

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 那
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
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 *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls) : phonetic 冄 (OC *njam, *njamʔ) + semantic 邑 (“city”).

Originally the name of a state; later borrowed for a distal demonstrative.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 那
alternative forms 𨚗

Cognate with 若 (OC *njaɡ, “that”), 爾 (MC nyeX, “that”) (Norman, 1988). Also compare (Schuessler, 2007):

Pronunciation

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Note: nèi - contraction of 那一 (nàyī), used when it is followed by classifier or numeral + classifier.
Note: naa6, no5 - rare.
Note:
  • nā - vernacular;
  • nō͘ - literary.
Rime
Character 那 那 那
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 泥 (8) 泥 (8) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 歌 (94) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 諾何切 奴可切 奴箇切
Baxter na naX naH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nɑ/ /nɑX/ /nɑH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nɑ/ /nɑX/ /nɑH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/nɑ/ /nɑX/ /nɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/na/ /naX/ /naH/
Li
Rong 		/nɑ/ /nɑX/ /nɑH/
Wang
Li 		/nɑ/ /nɑX/ /nɑH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/nɑ/ /nɑX/ /nɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nuó nuǒ nuò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		no4 no5 no6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 那
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		nuó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ na ›
Old
Chinese 		/*nˁar/
English ample

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 那 那 那
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 10766 10769 10770
Phonetic
component 		冉 冉 冉
Rime
group 		歌 歌 歌
Rime
subdivision 		1 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		那 橠 奈
Old
Chinese 		/*naːl/ /*naːlʔ/ /*naːls/
Notes 說文冄聲

Definitions

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那

  1. that; those
    那人是誰？／那人是谁？  ―  Nà rén shì shéi?  ―  Who is that person?
    那是什麼？／那是什么？  ―  Nà shì shénme?  ―  What's that?
    你為什麼特別挑了那一個呢？ [MSC, trad.]
    你为什么特别挑了那一个呢？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ wèishénme tèbié tiāo le nà yī ge ne? [Pinyin]
    Why did you choose that one in particular?
    那年我將近十歲，住在四川成都郊區的百花橋。 [MSC, trad.]
    那年我将近十岁，住在四川成都郊区的百花桥。 [MSC, simp.]
    From: Dàshuǐ Guòhòu (After the Flood)
    Nà nián wǒ jiāngjìn shí suì, zhù zài Sìchuān Chéngdōu jiāoqū de Bǎihuāqiáo. [Pinyin]
    That year, I was about ten years old, living in Sichuan Province in a suburb of Chengdu city called Hundred Flowers.
    Antonym: 這 / 这
  2. then; in that case
    那我呢？  ―  Nà wǒ ne?  ―  (Then) what about me?
    嗯，我明白了，那我最好也打扮一下。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Ńg, wǒ míngbái le, nà wǒ zuìhǎo yě dǎbàn yī xià. [Pinyin]
    Oh, I see. I'd better dress up then.
    你不喜歡這份工作？那你怎麼不辭掉呢？ [MSC, trad.]
    你不喜欢这份工作？那你怎么不辞掉呢？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ bù xǐhuān zhè fèn gōngzuò? Nà nǐ zěnme bù cídiào ne? [Pinyin]
    You don' t like your job? In that case why don't you leave?
  3. (dialectal) so; that
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 那 (“that”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 彼, 其, 夫, 爾
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 那, 該
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 那
Taiwan 那
Chengde 那
Chifeng 那
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 那
Heihe 那
Qiqihar 那
Harbin 那
Jiamusi 那
Baicheng 那
Changchun 那
Tonghua 那
Shenyang 那
Jinzhou 那
Malaysia 那
Singapore 那
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 那
Tangshan 那
Cangzhou 那
Baoding 那
Shijiazhuang 那
Lijin 那, 乜
Jinan 那
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 那
Dandong 那
Yantai 那, 乜
Yantai (Muping) 那
Zhucheng 那, 乜
Central Plains Mandarin Lingbao 那
Wanrong 𠰻, 兀3, 奈
Linfen 兀
Shangqiu 那
Yuanyang 那
Zhengzhou 那
Xinyang 那
Baihe 那
Xi'an 兀3, 那
Baoji 那
Tianshui 那
Xining 那
Xuzhou 那
Pizhou 那
Lianyungang (Ganyu) 那
Donghai 那
Fuyang 那
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 那, 呶
Lanzhou 那
Dunhuang 那
Hami 那
Ürümqi 那
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 那
Nanchong 那
Dazhou 那
Hanyuan 那
Xichang 那
Zigong 那
Chongqing 那
Wuhan 那
Yichang 那
Xiangyang 那
Tianmen 那
Guiyang 那
Zunyi 那
Bijie 那
Liping 那
Zhaotong 那
Dali 那
Kunming 那
Mengzi 那
Guilin 那
Liuzhou 那
Jishou 那
Changde 那
Hanzhong 那
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 那
Yangzhou 那
Baoying 那
Taizhou 那
Zhenjiang 那
Lianyungang 那
Huai'an (Huaiyin) 那
Lianshui 那
Nantong 葛
Rugao 那
Yancheng 那
Funing 那
Sihong 那
Wuhu 那, 顧
Hefei 那
Hong'an 那
Cantonese Guangzhou 嗰
Hong Kong 嗰
Macau 嗰
Taishan 嚀, 𡃕
Dongguan 嗰
Yangjiang 那
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 嗰
Singapore (Guangfu) 嗰
Gan Nanchang 許
Nanchang (Wangcheng) 許
Anyi 爾
Lushan 爾
Pengze 爾
Duchang 爾
Wuning (Quankou) 爾
Poyang 爾
Yugan 爾
Wannian 那
Hengfeng 爾
Yanshan (Hekou) 爾
Leping 恁
Fengxin 許
Wanzai 許
Fengcheng 許
Xinyu 許
Fuzhou (Shangdundu) 恁
Fuzhou (Dongxiang) 恁
Nancheng 階
Nanfeng 許
Yihuang 里
Lichuan 許
Chongren 許
Pingxiang 恁
Ji'an 改
Yongfeng 蓋
Xiajiang 許
Yingtan (Yujiang) 里
Guixi 許
Jinxian 恁
Jinxi 恁
Le'an 許
Guangchang 該
Anfu 改
Wan'an 介
Jing'an 許
Hakka Changting 解
Shanghang 介
Wuping 解
Liancheng 解
Qingliu 介
Yudu 界
Shangyou (Shexi) 界
Dayu 密
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 該
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 該
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 該
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 該
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 該
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 遐
Hong Kong 哎
Kuching (Hepo) 嗰
Huizhou Jixi 那
Shexian 那
Wuyuan 箇
Fuliang 爾
Jin Taiyuan 兀3, 那
Yangyuan 那
Datong 那
Xinzhou 𠰻
Lüliang (Lishi) 那, 𠰻
Changzhi 那
Linhe 那
Jining 那
Hohhot 那
Erenhot 那
Pingshan 那
Zhangjiakou 那
Handan 那
Suide 那
Northern Min Jian'ou 兀4
Songxi 兀4
Zhenghe 兀4
Jianyang 兀4
Eastern Min Fuzhou 許
Fuzhou (Changle) 許
Lianjiang 許
Fuqing 許
Pingtan 許
Yongtai 許
Minqing 許
Gutian 許
Pingnan 許
Luoyuan 許
Fu'an 許
Xiapu 許
Zherong 那
Shouning 許
Zhouning 許
Fuding 許
Singapore (Fuqing) 許
Southern Min Xiamen 彼, 許
Xiamen (Tong'an) 彼
Quanzhou 彼, 許
Jinjiang 彼
Nan'an 彼
Shishi 彼
Hui'an 彼
Anxi 彼
Yongchun 彼
Dehua 彼
Zhangzhou 彼, 許
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 彼
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 彼
Hua'an 彼
Nanjing 彼
Pinghe 彼
Zhangpu 彼
Yunxiao 彼
Zhao'an 彼
Dongshan 彼
Taipei 彼
Kaohsiung 彼
Penghu (Xiyu) 那
Singapore (Hokkien) 彼
Manila (Hokkien) 彼, 許
Datian 彼
Chaozhou 許
Shantou 許
Haifeng 許
Singapore (Teochew) 許
Batam (Teochew) 許
Wenchang 許
Singapore (Hainanese) 許
Shaojiang Min Guangze 兀4
Mingxi 兀4
Wu Shanghai 埃, 伊
Shanghai (Songjiang) 威
Shanghai (Chongming) 艾, 港, 葛 also this
Suzhou 歸
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 介面
Wuxi 過
Changshu 過
Changzhou 過
Danyang 過
Nanjing (Zhongbao, Gaochun) 古
Wenzhou 許
Shangrao 麼
Yushan 忽
Xiang Changsha 那
Shuangfeng 喏

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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alternative forms 𨚗

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • ná - vernacular;
  • nó͘ - literary.
    Rime
    Character 那
    Reading # 2/3
    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 那
    Reading # 2/3
    No. 10769
    Phonetic
    component         		冉
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		橠
    Old
    Chinese         		/*naːlʔ/

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    那

    1. (dated) Alternative form of 哪 (“which; where”)

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    Etymology 3

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    		 那
    alternative forms 若

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    那

    1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (Hokkien) more
    2. (Hokkien) Indicates two actions happening simultaneously; see 那……那…….

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    Etymology 4

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    For pronunciation and definitions of 那 – see 㑚 (“(Wu) you”).
    (This character is a variant form of 㑚).

    Etymology 5

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    Contraction of 那麼／那么

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    那

    1. (Xiang) so; such; that
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    Etymology 6

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    simp. and trad.
    		 那
    alternative forms 𨚉
    𨙻

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    Rime
    Character 那
    Reading # 1/3
    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
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 那
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		nuó
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ na ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*nˁar/
    English ample

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 那
    Reading # 1/3
    No. 10766
    Phonetic
    component         		冉
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		那
    Old
    Chinese         		/*naːl/
    Notes 說文冄聲

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    那

    1. † many; much
    2. † beautiful
    3. † calm; tranquil
    4. (historical) Nuo (a state)
    5. a surname

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    Etymology 7

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    		 那
    alternative forms 𨚗

    Fusion of 如何 (OC *nja ɡaːl) or 奈何 (OC *naːls ɡaːl).

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    Rime
    Character 那
    Reading # 1/3
    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 那
    Reading # 1/3
    No. 10766
    Phonetic
    component         		冉
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		那
    Old
    Chinese         		/*naːl/
    Notes 說文冄聲

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    那

    1. † how

    Etymology 8

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    		 那

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    那

    1. † Alternative form of 挪 (nuó, “to move”)

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    Etymology 9

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    		 那

    Pronunciation

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    Rime
    Character 那
    Reading # 3/3
    Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
    Final (韻) 歌 (94)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) I
    Fanqie 奴箇切
    Baxter naH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/nɑH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/nɑH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/nɑH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/naH/
    Li
    Rong         		/nɑH/
    Wang
    Li         		/nɑH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/nɑH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		nuò
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		no6
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 那
    Reading # 3/3
    No. 10770
    Phonetic
    component         		冉
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		奈
    Old
    Chinese         		/*naːls/

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    那

    1. † Sentence-final interrogative particle.
    2. † Synonym of 奈 (nài) (clarification of this definition is needed)
    3. ‡ to finish; to end

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    Etymology 10

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    		 那

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    那

    1. Used in 那吒, an alternative form of 哪吒 (Nézhā).

    Etymology 11

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    simp. and trad.
    		 那

    Clipping of 那拉, from Manchu ᠨᠠᡵᠠ (nara)

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    那

    1. a surname. Na
      那英  ―  Nà Yīng  ―  Na Ying (Chinese singer)

    Etymology 12

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    Derived from Proto-Tai *naːᴬ (“paddy field”) or its descendants, such as Zhuang naz.

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    那

    1. Used in place names in southern China

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    Japanese

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    Shinjitai 那
    Kyūjitai
    [1][2]
    那󠄁
    那+&#xE0101;?
    (Adobe-Japan1)         		 
    那󠄃
    那+&#xE0103;?
    (Hanyo-Denshi)
    (Moji_Joho)
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    Kanji

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    那

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. what

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    From Middle Chinese 那 (MC na); compare Mandarin 那 (nuó):

    • Go-on: な (na, Jōyō)
    • Kan-on: だ (da)

    From Middle Chinese 那 (MC naX); compare Mandarin 那 (nǎ):

    From native Japanese roots:

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    Compounds

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    Kanji in this term
    那
    な
    Grade: S
    on'yomi

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    Affix

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    那(な) • (na) 

    1. what, which

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    References

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    1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2137 (paper), page 1120 (digital)
    2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1234 (paper), page 630 (digital)

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    Hanja

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    那 (eumhun 어찌 나 (eojji na))

    1. hanja form? of 나 (“that, those”)

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    Han character

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    那: Hán Nôm readings: na, ná, nả, nà

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