Read Edit View history Discussion 吶 nanànenè raise voice Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 內 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas ne ×nà × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 呐 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吶 Simp strokes 吶 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吶 Simp strokes 吶 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 吶 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 62, 525 ], [ 96, 488 ], [ 133, 228 ] ], [ [ 127, 497 ], [ 137, 509 ], [ 240, 540 ], [ 263, 539 ], [ 280, 526 ], [ 290, 514 ], [ 266, 394 ], [ 241, 371 ] ], [ [ 152, 304 ], [ 165, 322 ], [ 225, 338 ], [ 277, 342 ], [ 302, 337 ] ], [ [ 371, 562 ], [ 401, 537 ], [ 412, 475 ], [ 408, 294 ], [ 395, 178 ], [ 375, 105 ], [ 374, 49 ] ], [ [ 436, 549 ], [ 459, 537 ], [ 769, 604 ], 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503 250 458 Q 243 415 234 364 C 229 334 280 329 285 359 Z", "M 149 297 Q 188 310 298 326 Q 308 329 310 338 Q 310 345 285 359 L 234 364 Q 228 364 225 362 Q 182 347 144 335 C 115 326 120 288 149 297 Z", "M 427 554 Q 406 575 371 573 Q 356 569 362 556 Q 419 432 365 186 Q 356 158 344 137 Q 326 98 357 52 Q 358 51 361 47 Q 368 32 380 38 Q 419 65 426 210 Q 433 453 440 512 C 443 542 443 542 427 554 Z", "M 611 553 Q 758 589 776 574 Q 789 567 793 509 Q 806 316 793 97 Q 792 66 780 56 Q 767 46 694 62 Q 678 65 678 55 Q 679 48 693 41 Q 757 -5 791 -42 Q 813 -63 826 -60 Q 839 -57 851 -27 Q 867 21 866 90 Q 851 379 853 486 Q 853 526 865 552 Q 877 574 866 586 Q 856 602 806 626 Q 785 636 766 630 Q 720 614 617 588 Q 614 588 615 587 L 566 577 Q 496 565 427 554 C 397 549 411 505 440 512 Q 447 513 457 515 Q 508 530 565 543 L 611 553 Z", "M 596 425 Q 608 522 611 553 L 615 587 Q 618 668 639 702 Q 646 715 635 726 Q 614 744 577 755 Q 553 762 545 755 Q 536 749 543 737 Q 570 694 566 577 L 565 543 Q 559 369 496 300 Q 478 282 455 262 Q 445 255 444 250 Q 445 246 457 247 Q 464 244 486 254 Q 567 285 590 400 L 596 425 Z", "M 590 400 Q 645 357 714 290 Q 730 274 743 270 Q 750 269 757 278 Q 767 291 753 328 Q 741 376 596 425 C 568 435 566 419 590 400 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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