なお

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
尚猶尚お (obsolete) 猶お (obsolete)

/napo/ → /nafo/ → /nawo/ → /nao/

From Old Japanese.

The okurigana spelling 尚(な)お (nao), or more accurately its historical kana usage counterpart 尚(な)ほ (nafo), used to be very common and the de facto standard, but has become obsolete since the introduction of modern kana usage in 1946. Compare 古(いにしえ) (inishie) and its historically common spelling 古(いにし)へ (inisife).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なお [náꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠o̞]

Adverb

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)^?}

Conjunction

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)^?}

moreover, furthermore, in addition, note that

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
直

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なお [nàó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [na̠o̞]

Adjective

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)^?}^†-nari

common, ordinary, straight

Adverb

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)^?}

normally, usually

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of なお – see the following entries.

【奈緒】	[proper noun] a female given name

【直緒】	[proper noun] a female given name

【奈央】	[proper noun] a female given name

【奈穂】	[proper noun] a female given name

【南朋】	[proper noun] a unisex given name

(This term, なお (nao), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as なお, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なお.)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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