Read Edit View history Discussion 拿 ná HSK1 take Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as a hand (手) taking an object. Later written as 拏 with the phonetic 奴 component added. Later the 奴 component was corrupted to 合. Pinyin Separate values with commas ná × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 拏 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Later corrupted to the visually similar character 合. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 拿 Simp strokes 拿 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 拿 Simp strokes 拿 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 拿 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 547, 823 ], [ 512, 813 ], [ 413, 683 ], [ 315, 588 ], [ 216, 509 ], [ 115, 447 ], [ 91, 438 ] ], [ [ 536, 769 ], [ 534, 762 ], [ 551, 745 ], [ 565, 739 ], [ 570, 729 ], [ 640, 671 ], [ 731, 603 ], [ 794, 566 ], [ 831, 550 ], [ 878, 542 ], [ 990, 533 ] ], [ [ 383, 617 ], [ 457, 625 ], [ 561, 652 ], [ 591, 650 ] ], [ [ 336, 537 ], [ 361, 515 ], [ 369, 499 ], [ 392, 394 ] ], [ [ 387, 530 ], [ 416, 526 ], [ 556, 557 ], [ 611, 562 ], [ 628, 556 ], [ 646, 530 ], [ 631, 498 ], [ 604, 487 ] ], [ [ 408, 415 ], [ 423, 426 ], [ 572, 452 ], [ 637, 455 ], [ 655, 449 ] ], [ [ 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364 624 363 624 377 615 Z", "M 379 535 Q 369 539 342 544 Q 332 547 328 542 Q 324 536 331 522 Q 352 485 366 424 Q 370 405 381 394 Q 397 375 402 389 Q 403 396 404 407 L 401 438 Q 394 487 392 506 C 389 532 389 532 379 535 Z", "M 645 468 Q 664 504 688 514 Q 704 530 691 546 Q 678 559 632 583 Q 616 592 540 566 Q 455 545 379 535 C 349 531 363 499 392 506 Q 399 507 410 511 Q 495 526 577 542 Q 598 546 607 538 Q 613 529 596 476 C 587 447 630 442 645 468 Z", "M 596 434 Q 621 438 652 440 Q 662 441 664 449 Q 664 456 645 468 L 596 476 Q 595 477 592 476 Q 486 451 401 438 C 371 433 374 407 404 407 Q 410 406 420 408 Q 472 421 572 431 L 596 434 Z", "M 517 348 Q 595 372 636 373 Q 649 372 654 377 Q 658 386 650 396 Q 623 414 596 434 C 576 449 576 449 572 431 Q 572 430 572 428 Q 571 416 558 410 Q 503 374 334 329 Q 328 323 333 320 Q 343 316 448 335 Q 461 338 477 340 L 517 348 Z", "M 553 253 Q 725 283 733 288 Q 742 294 738 302 Q 732 312 708 320 Q 683 327 656 319 Q 602 304 549 291 L 499 281 Q 411 268 314 263 Q 283 260 303 244 Q 333 225 409 233 Q 454 240 504 246 L 553 253 Z", "M 561 150 Q 636 156 838 156 Q 857 156 863 164 Q 869 176 852 190 Q 800 229 762 221 Q 683 206 558 186 L 511 179 L 189 142 Q 167 141 183 123 Q 196 110 215 103 Q 236 99 252 102 Q 387 138 513 146 L 561 150 Z", "M 513 146 Q 517 46 497 8 Q 496 4 491 2 Q 476 -4 380 12 Q 373 12 370 9 Q 369 5 378 -2 Q 445 -51 482 -88 Q 494 -100 501 -97 Q 511 -97 527 -81 Q 563 -48 564 65 Q 563 99 561 150 L 558 186 Q 555 232 553 253 L 549 291 Q 543 333 538 337 Q 526 343 517 348 C 490 362 463 367 477 340 Q 486 328 499 281 L 504 246 Q 508 215 511 179 L 513 146 Z" ] } 10 strokes 拿 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 492, 849 ], [ 514, 809 ], [ 388, 660 ], [ 228, 517 ], [ 82, 433 ] ], [ [ 519, 772 ], [ 806, 559 ], [ 989, 535 ] ], [ [ 387, 617 ], [ 595, 653 ] ], [ [ 333, 540 ], [ 363, 517 ], [ 391, 389 ] ], [ [ 382, 528 ], [ 619, 561 ], [ 652, 521 ], [ 611, 464 ] ], [ [ 397, 422 ], [ 658, 453 ] ], [ [ 583, 433 ], [ 593, 392 ], [ 338, 326 ] ], [ [ 305, 253 ], [ 734, 303 ] ], [ [ 183, 134 ], [ 241, 124 ], [ 764, 189 ], [ 859, 170 ] ], [ [ 484, 343 ], [ 522, 306 ], [ 527, -3 ], [ 490, -48 ], [ 380, 5 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M393,630C436,672 473,720 516,765C526,776 526,776 531,781C538,789 545,797 552,804C559,812 562,820 561,825C559,834 549,841 533,846C514,853 501,856 493,854C488,854 483,849 483,840C476,765 246,536 81,440C66,432 69,425 87,428C200,452 302,545 377,615C388,625 388,625 393,630Z", "M516,765C678,601 780,511 823,507C878,503 929,513 976,523C987,526 994,529 995,531C995,536 991,540 982,543C846,590 766,620 743,632C700,655 629,704 531,781C525,786 511,770 516,765Z", "M377,615C381,611 393,605 413,602C424,601 486,612 594,640C600,642 602,650 599,655C594,662 584,667 569,669C552,673 536,669 521,662C478,646 433,638 393,630C386,629 371,619 377,615Z", "M379,535C372,538 359,541 342,544C335,546 330,546 328,542C325,539 325,532 331,522C344,498 356,465 366,424C368,412 374,402 381,394C392,382 399,380 402,389C403,394 404,400 404,407C402,428 402,428 401,438C397,471 393,494 392,506C390,516 389,531 379,535Z", "M645,468C657,492 673,505 688,514C700,523 700,536 691,546C682,556 662,567 632,583C621,589 591,582 540,566C483,550 429,542 379,535C369,533 382,504 392,506C418,511 522,532 577,542C590,545 601,545 607,538C611,533 607,512 596,476C590,461 638,453 645,468Z", "M596,434C612,437 631,439 652,440C658,441 663,444 664,449C664,454 657,460 645,468C631,477 612,479 596,476C530,463 460,448 401,438C391,436 394,405 404,407C422,409 523,425 572,431C588,433 588,433 596,434Z", "M517,348C570,359 599,368 636,373C655,377 662,386 650,396C633,411 614,421 596,434C589,438 576,438 572,431C556,397 377,344 334,329C328,328 329,321 333,320C392,320 424,330 477,340C504,345 504,345 517,348Z", "M553,253C668,270 727,285 733,288C739,292 740,297 738,302C734,309 724,316 708,320C691,326 674,325 656,319C620,309 584,298 549,291C516,285 516,285 499,282C440,272 378,268 314,263C293,262 289,254 303,244C322,231 358,227 409,233C439,237 470,242 504,246C537,251 537,251 553,253Z", "M561,150C610,155 703,156 838,156C850,156 859,159 863,164C867,172 863,182 852,190C817,217 787,226 762,221C709,211 641,199 558,186C527,181 527,181 511,179C404,164 189,142 189,142C174,141 172,135 183,123C191,115 201,107 215,103C228,100 241,100 252,102C342,126 471,143 513,146C545,149 545,149 561,150Z", "M513,146C517,80 509,34 497,8C495,6 494,4 491,2C481,-2 444,3 380,12C375,13 371,12 370,9C368,7 371,3 378,-2C422,-34 457,-63 482,-88C490,-96 496,-97 501,-97C507,-95 516,-91 527,-81C550,-58 564,-10 564,65C564,88 563,117 561,150C559,174 559,174 558,186C555,217 554,240 553,253C550,278 550,278 549,291C544,334 553,335 517,348C504,353 470,352 477,340C483,332 494,315 499,282C502,258 502,258 504,246C506,226 509,204 511,179C512,157 512,157 513,146Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations 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 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