乃

to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon

2 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,322 U+4E43

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A pregnant woman; compare 孕

components: 丿 ? unknown part

only then · Heisig RSH #625

— as a component also called: fist

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 乃 as their sound component

These characters all use 乃 (nǎi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
乃 sound component	nǎi	then; really, indeed, after all
奶	nǎi	milk; breasts; nurse, grandmother
扔	rēng	to throw, to hurl, to cast away
尕	gǎ	small (used in place names)
艿	nǎi	taro
氖	nǎi	neon
鼐	nài	incense tripod

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
吉木乃县	Jí mù nǎi Xiàn	Jeminay Ciunty, a county in Altay Prefecture 阿勒泰地區\|阿勒泰地区[A1 le4 tai4 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医	bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī	(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫\|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little…
乃堆拉山口	Nǎi duī lā Shān kǒu	Nathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state …
木乃伊化	mù nǎi yī huà	to mummify; mummification
西乃山	Xī nǎi Shān	Mount Sinai
乃东区	Nǎi dōng Qū	Nedong, a district of Shannan City 山南市[Shan1 nan2 Shi4], Tibet
纳塔乃耳	Nà tǎ nǎi ěr	Nathaniel
吉木乃	Jí mù nǎi	see 吉木乃縣\|吉木乃县[Ji2 mu4 nai3 Xian4]
安乃近	ān nǎi jìn	analgin (loanword)
木乃伊	mù nǎi yī	(loanword) mummy (preserved corpse)
乃尔	nǎi ěr	thus; like this
西乃	Xī nǎi	Sinai
乃东	Nǎi dōng	see 乃東區\|乃东区[Nai3 dong1 Qu1]
乃堆拉	Nǎi duī lā	Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
康乃狄克	Kāng nǎi dí kè	Connecticut, US state (Tw)
乃是	nǎi shì	equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
美乃滋	měi nǎi zī	mayonnaise (loanword) (Tw)
乃至	nǎi zhì	and even; to go so far as to
乃们	nǎi men	you (plural) (slang alternative for 你們\|你们[ni3 men5])
康乃馨	kāng nǎi xīn	carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) (loanword)