吶

See also: 呐

吶	U+5436, 吶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5436

← 吵
[U+5435]

CJK Unified Ideographs

吷 →
[U+5437]

Translingual

Han character

吶 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 口人月 (ROB), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰口內)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 179, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3370
Dae Jaweon: page 397, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 588, character 14
Unihan data for U+5436

Chinese

trad.		吶
simp.		呐

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (內) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
妠	nuːms, nuːb, *rnoːd
內	*nuːbs
笍	tnobs, njobs
芮	*njobs
枘	*njobs
汭	*njobs
鈉	*njobs
蜹	njobs, lobs, *njod
抐	nuːns, nuːd
納	*nuːb
衲	*nuːb
魶	nuːb, noːb
軜	*nuːb
蒳	*nuːb
豽	*rnuːd
肭	rnuːd, nuːd, *nuɡ
吶	*nod
焫	*njod
訥	*nuːd

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naap⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍p
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸neq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nà
  - Wade–Giles: na⁴
  - Yale: nà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
  - Palladius: на (na)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: naap⁶
  - Yale: naahp
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naap⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nab⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːp̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍p
  - Tâi-lô: la̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lap
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lap̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lap̚²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸neq
  - MiniDict: neh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵neq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nəʔ¹²/

Definitions

吶

to shout
吶喊／呐喊 ― nàhǎn ― to shout

Compounds

吶喊 / 呐喊 (nàhǎn)
嗩吶 / 唢呐 (suǒnà)
搖旗吶喊 / 摇旗呐喊 (yáoqínàhǎn)
聲吶 / 声呐 (shēngnà)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nè, nà (ne⁴, na⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄜˋ, ㄋㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neot⁶ / nat⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸neq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nè
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nè
  - Wade–Giles: nê⁴
  - Yale: nè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neh
  - Palladius: нэ (nɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nà
  - Wade–Giles: na⁴
  - Yale: nà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
  - Palladius: на (na)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: neot⁶ / nat⁶
  - Yale: neuht / naht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noet⁹ / nat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêd⁶ / ned⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵt̚²/, /nɐt̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸neq
  - MiniDict: neh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵neq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /nəʔ¹²/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*not/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	吶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nè
Middle Chinese	‹ nywet ›
Old Chinese	/*not/
English	slow of speech
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

吶

(literary) alternative form of 訥 / 讷 (“to stammer”)
吶吶／呐呐 ― nènè ― to stammer

Compounds

吶吶 / 呐呐
嘴吶 / 嘴呐

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nā / nǎ

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā
  - Tâi-lô: nā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: na
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /nã³³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎ
  - Tâi-lô: nǎ
  - IPA (Lukang): /nã³³/

Definitions

吶

(Hokkien) to lick; to touch or pick up things with one's tongue
(Hokkien) to stretch out one's tongue

Compounds

吶喙舌 / 呐喙舌
吶舌 / 呐舌

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 吶 – see 哪 (“sentence-final particle”). (This character is a variant form of 哪).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 吶 – see 呢 (“sentence-final particle”). (This character is a variant form of 呢).

Etymology 6

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nuò (nuo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nuò
  - Wade–Giles: no⁴
  - Yale: nwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuoh
  - Palladius: но (no)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: nrjwet

Rime
Character	吶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	薛 (84)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女劣切
Baxter	nrjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳˠiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳʷᵚiet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/niuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳwiat̚/
Li Rong	/njuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/nĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nüè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nyut⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nod/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	吶
Reading #	1/1
No.	9401
Phonetic component	內
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	呐
Old Chinese	/*nod/

Definitions

吶

only used in 嗗吶／嗗呐

References

“吶”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

吶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: のち (nochi)
Kan-on: どつ (dotsu)
Kan’yō-on: とつ (totsu)
Kun: どもる (domoru, 吶る)

Korean

Hanja

吶 (eumhun 말을 더듬을 눌 (mareul deodeumeul nul))

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吶 (eumhun 떠들 납 (tteodeul nap))

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Vietnamese

Han character

吶: Hán Nôm readings: nột

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