纳
to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #264 U+7EB3
How 纳 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “silk”) + 内 (phonetic, nèi)
How to remember it
let in · Heisig RSH #2390
thread + 丙 third
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 内
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 内 (nèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内 sound component | nèi | inside |
| 钠 | nà | sodium, natrium; to sharpen wood |
| 讷 | nè | inarticulate, slow; to mumble, to stammer |
| 呐 | nà | to raise one's voice; to yell, to shout; to stammer |
| 芮 | ruì | tiny, small; the water's edge |
| 枘 | ruì | a handle for a tool |
| 肭 | nà | fat, blubber; a seal |
| 衲 | nà | to sew, to mend; quilt; patch; cassock |
| 蚋 | ruì | mosquito, gnat |
Words containing 纳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 利纳克斯 | Lì nà kè sī | Linux (operating systems) |
| 马拉多纳 | Mǎ lā duō nà | Diego Maradona (1960–2020), Argentine footballer |
| 马纳马 | Mǎ nà mǎ | Manama, capital of Bahrain |
| 拉文纳 | Lā wén nà | Ravenna on the Adriatic coast of Italy |
| 罗纳尔多 | Luó nà ěr duō | Ronaldo (name); Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player |
| 安纳波利斯 | Ān nà bō lì sī | Annapolis (place name) |
| 北马里亚纳 | Běi Mǎ lǐ yà nà | Northern Mariana Islands |
| 高德纳 | Gāo Dé nà | the Chinese name of American computer scientist Donald Knuth (1938-), adopted prior to his… |
| 纳斯达克 | Nà sī dá kè | Nasdaq (stock exchange) |
| 科纳克里 | Kē nà kè lǐ | Conakry, capital of Guinea |
| 纳兰性德 | Nà lán Xìng dé | Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet |
| 巴特纳 | Bā tè nà | Batna, town in eastern Algeria |
| 玉龙纳西族自治县 | Yù lóng Nà xī zú Zì zhì xiàn | Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, in Lijiang City 麗江市|丽江市[Li4 jiang1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 卡罗利纳 | Kǎ luó lì nà | Carolina (Puerto Rico) |
| 纳西族 | Nà xī zú | Nakhi ethnic group |
| 南卡罗来纳 | Nán Kǎ luó lái nà | South Carolina, US state |
| 加德纳 | Jiā dé nà | Gardner (name) |
| 拉纳卡 | Lā nà kǎ | Larnaca (city in Cyprus); Larnaka |
| 卡纳维拉尔角 | Kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo | Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[Ken3 ni2 di2 Hang2 tian1 Zho… |
| 纳西 | Nà xī | Nakhi ethnic group |