nǎ​xiē HSK1

which ones

nǎ, na which? where? how?

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
that

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

xiē a few

Components

Meaning component
this
Meaning component
èr two

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsaːls
sjaːl
seːs

說文解字

《說文新附》:“些,語辭也,見《楚辭》。从此,从二。其義未詳。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica