呐

See also: 吶 and 訥

呐 U+5450, 呐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5450 ← 呏 [U+544F] CJK Unified Ideographs 呑 → [U+5451]

Translingual

Han character

呐 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, Cangjie input 口人月 (ROB) or 難口人月 (XROB), composition ⿰口内)

1. raise voice, yell out loud, shout
2. stammer, to speak cautiously

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 181, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 588, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5450

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 呐 – see 吶 (“to shout; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 吶).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

呐

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とつ (totsu)、どつ (dotsu)
• Kun: どもる (domoru)

Korean

Hanja

呐 (eum 눌 (nul))

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Hanja

呐 (eum 열 (yeol))

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Vietnamese

Han character

呐: Hán Việt readings: nột
呐: Nôm readings: nói, nuốt

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, nói): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 内 (nội).

Verb

呐 • (nói)

1. chữ Nôm form of nói (“to speak, to talk, to say, to tell”)
   • 1914, 南國方言俗語備錄 [Nam quốc phương ngôn tục ngữ bị lục, Records of the Southern Nation's regional adages and common sayings]‎^[1], page 11b:

     師呐師沛娓呐娓咍

     Sư nói sư phải, vãi nói vãi hay.

     The Buddhist monk says he is right; the Buddhist nun says she is knowledgeable.

Etymology 2

Verb

呐 • (nuốt)

1. chữ Nôm form of nuốt (“to swallow”)
   • 12th or 15th century, 佛說大報父母重經 [Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh]‎^[2], page 11b:

     本𱺵把恩呐古䔲野古兀。

     Bốn là trả ơn nuốt của đắng nhả của ngọt.

     The fourth is the kindness of swallowing the bitter and spitting out the sweet.