Read Edit View history 奶 nǎi HSK1 milk Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 乃 represents the sound. Components 女 女 Meaning component nǚ, nü woman 乃 乃 SoundIconic component nǎi then Depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding. Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangrneːlʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang