拏
ná HSK1

take

Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 奴 represents the sound.

Components

奴
奴 Sound component
nú slave
Change in sound
手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnraenˤra handle (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“拏，牽引也。从手，奴聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)