Read Edit View history 乃 nǎi HSK7 then Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Possibly depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding. Based on the original meaning "breast", now written as 奶. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas nǎi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 乃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 213, 663 ], [ 242, 654 ], [ 269, 654 ], [ 688, 741 ], [ 708, 740 ], [ 734, 717 ], [ 629, 528 ], [ 615, 483 ], [ 663, 473 ], [ 765, 473 ], [ 785, 467 ], [ 806, 443 ], [ 810, 431 ], [ 759, 217 ], [ 712, 108 ], [ 691, 78 ], [ 662, 54 ], [ 643, 47 ], [ 535, 123 ] ], [ [ 430, 663 ], [ 452, 645 ], [ 459, 625 ], [ 394, 472 ], [ 344, 373 ], [ 294, 301 ], [ 211, 208 ], [ 148, 155 ], [ 92, 119 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 731 459 Q 755 460 762 450 Q 772 441 768 415 Q 761 234 664 105 Q 658 101 654 96 Q 638 87 582 111 Q 533 132 532 127 Q 531 120 539 110 Q 585 56 600 28 Q 613 -2 625 -6 Q 637 -13 659 2 Q 717 36 748 97 Q 776 152 827 377 Q 831 401 857 419 Q 872 432 862 443 Q 846 465 802 491 Q 790 500 772 493 Q 723 492 676 490 Q 658 489 650 496 Q 640 505 650 519 Q 701 607 741 664 Q 763 689 786 698 Q 801 705 800 715 Q 797 734 725 770 Q 707 780 682 769 Q 639 753 602 743 Q 496 724 333 689 Q 284 679 223 676 Q 210 676 203 666 Q 200 663 208 654 Q 218 639 239 631 Q 255 624 283 632 Q 347 651 422 669 L 461 678 Q 668 724 689 710 Q 696 706 689 691 Q 619 535 575 495 Q 562 485 569 469 Q 579 445 594 440 Q 607 436 621 445 Q 654 463 731 459 Z", "M 422 669 Q 425 639 415 600 Q 348 441 316 378 Q 232 252 95 132 Q 88 128 84 122 Q 78 112 89 111 Q 123 110 235 198 Q 253 216 273 236 Q 372 345 446 513 Q 470 571 490 603 Q 503 615 500 630 Q 490 652 463 676 Q 462 677 461 678 C 439 699 421 699 422 669 Z" ] } 2 strokes 乃 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 213, 663 ], [ 242, 654 ], [ 269, 654 ], [ 688, 741 ], [ 708, 740 ], [ 734, 717 ], [ 629, 528 ], [ 615, 483 ], [ 663, 473 ], [ 765, 473 ], [ 785, 467 ], [ 806, 443 ], [ 810, 431 ], [ 759, 217 ], [ 712, 108 ], [ 691, 78 ], [ 662, 54 ], [ 643, 47 ], [ 535, 123 ] ], [ [ 430, 663 ], [ 452, 645 ], [ 459, 625 ], [ 394, 472 ], [ 344, 373 ], [ 294, 301 ], [ 211, 208 ], [ 148, 155 ], [ 92, 119 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 731 459 Q 755 460 762 450 Q 772 441 768 415 Q 761 234 664 105 Q 658 101 654 96 Q 638 87 582 111 Q 533 132 532 127 Q 531 120 539 110 Q 585 56 600 28 Q 613 -2 625 -6 Q 637 -13 659 2 Q 717 36 748 97 Q 776 152 827 377 Q 831 401 857 419 Q 872 432 862 443 Q 846 465 802 491 Q 790 500 772 493 Q 723 492 676 490 Q 658 489 650 496 Q 640 505 650 519 Q 701 607 741 664 Q 763 689 786 698 Q 801 705 800 715 Q 797 734 725 770 Q 707 780 682 769 Q 639 753 602 743 Q 496 724 333 689 Q 284 679 223 676 Q 210 676 203 666 Q 200 663 208 654 Q 218 639 239 631 Q 255 624 283 632 Q 347 651 422 669 L 461 678 Q 668 724 689 710 Q 696 706 689 691 Q 619 535 575 495 Q 562 485 569 469 Q 579 445 594 440 Q 607 436 621 445 Q 654 463 731 459 Z", "M 422 669 Q 425 639 415 600 Q 348 441 316 378 Q 232 252 95 132 Q 88 128 84 122 Q 78 112 89 111 Q 123 110 235 198 Q 253 216 273 236 Q 372 345 446 513 Q 470 571 490 603 Q 503 615 500 630 Q 490 652 463 676 Q 462 677 461 678 C 439 699 421 699 422 669 Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.