挪

挪	U+632A, 挪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-632A

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Translingual

Han character

挪 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手尸手中 (QSQL), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌那)

move, shift on one side

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12084
Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1876, character 5
Unihan data for U+632A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		挪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
那	naːl, naːlʔ, *naːls
挪	*naːl
娜	*naːlʔ
柟	noːm, njam, *njamʔ
抩	*noːm
聃	n̥ʰaːm, n̥ʰaːm
舑	n̥ʰaːm, njam
坍	*n̥ʰaːm
髯	njam, njams
蚺	*njam
呥	*njam
冉	njam, njamʔ
袡	*njam
苒	*njamʔ
姌	njamʔ, neːmʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nuó (nuo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / no͘ / nô͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): no⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nuó
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nuó
  - Wade–Giles: no²
  - Yale: nwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
  - Palladius: но (no)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: no⁴
  - Yale: nòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: no⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: no⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: no͘
  - Tâi-lô: noo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nof
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nô͘
  - Tâi-lô: nôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: noo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /nɔ̃²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: no⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /no⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: na

Rime
Character	挪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	諾何切
Baxter	na
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/na/
Li Rong	/nɑ/
Wang Li	/nɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	no⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*naːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挪
Reading #	1/1
No.	10767
Phonetic component	冉
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	那
Old Chinese	/*naːl/

Definitions

挪

to move; to shift on one side
把桌子挪到那邊去。 [MSC, trad.]
把桌子挪到那边去。 [MSC, simp.]
Bǎ zhuōzi nuó dào nàbiān qù. [Pinyin]
Move the table to that side.

Synonyms

嫁 (jià) (figurative)
徙動 / 徙动 (Hokkien)
挪動 / 挪动 (nuódòng)
挪移 (nuóyí)
搬動 / 搬动 (bāndòng)
搬徙 (Hokkien)
搬移 (bānyí)
移動 / 移动 (yídòng)
移徙 (yíxǐ) (literary, or Min Nan)
走 (zǒu)
轉移 / 转移 (zhuǎnyí)
騰挪 / 腾挪 (téngnuó)

Dialectal synonyms of 移 (“to move (an object)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		移, 挪, 移動, 挪動
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	移, 挪
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	移
Cantonese	Guangzhou	移, 喐, 褪
	Hong Kong	移, 喐, 褪
	Taishan	移
	Singapore (Guangfu)	移
Hakka	Meixian	徙, 移
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	徙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	徙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	徙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	徙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	徙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	徙
Southern Min	Xiamen	徙
	Quanzhou	徙
	Zhangzhou	徙
	Tainan	徙
	Penang (Hokkien)	徙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	徙
	Manila (Hokkien)	徙
	Jieyang	徙
	Singapore (Teochew)	徙

Compounds

挪借 (nuójiè)
挪動 / 挪动 (nuódòng)
挪墊 / 挪垫
挪威 (Nuówēi)
挪威王國 / 挪威王国
挪抬 (nuótái)
挪湊 / 挪凑
挪用 (nuóyòng)
挪移 (nuóyí)
挪窩兒 / 挪窝儿
挪開 / 挪开 (nuókāi)
挪騷窩兒 / 挪骚窝儿
搬挪
東挪西借 / 东挪西借
東挪西湊 / 东挪西凑 (dōngnuóxīcòu)
東閃西挪 / 东闪西挪
納胯挪腰 / 纳胯挪腰
騰挪 / 腾挪 (téngnuó)

Japanese

Kanji

挪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): だ (da)、な (na)
Kun: もむ (momu, 挪む)

Korean

Hanja

挪 • (na) (hangeul 나, revised na, McCune–Reischauer na, Yale na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

挪: Hán Nôm readings: ná, na

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