拿
ná HSK1

take

  • edit character approved 拿 — "合" by Peter Olson
    Components
    • + 奴 Sound Later corrupted to the visually similar character 合.
    • - 合

    Changed: components

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  • edit character approved 拿 — "verify, add source" by Peter Olson
    Hint
    Depicts bringing the hands (手) together (合) to hold (拿) something. → 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.
    Verified
    No → Yes
    Components
    • 合
      • hint: (empty) → Corrupted form of the earlier sound component 奴.
      • type: meaning →
    Sources

    Changed: hint, verified, components, sources

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  • edit character approved 拿 — "copy old pronunciation from 拏" by Peter Olson
    Historical pronunciations
    • + OC: *nˤra MC: nrae

    Changed: pronunciations

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  • edit character approved 拿 — "add trad variant" by Peter Olson
    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. → Depicts bringing the hands (手) together (合) to hold (拿) something.
    Components
    • + 合 Meaning
    • - 奴 Sound
    Strokes (simplified)
    拿
    10 strokes
    →
    拿
    10 strokes

    Source: animcjk → dong

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