吶
nanà

raise voice

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 內 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
內
內 Sound component
nèi inside

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnywetnotslow of speech
Zhengzhangnod

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

呐 ne, nà raise voice Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound. Simplified form of 吶.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
内
内 Sound component
nèi inside

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode