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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nà | na4
English translation
to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

silk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹内

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

nèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and nèi represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to receive
纳入 nà rù to bring into納入
缴纳 jiǎonà to pay (taxes etc)繳納
纳粹 Nà cuì Nazi (loanword)納粹
纳税 nà shuì to pay taxes納稅
纳米 nà mǐ nanometer納米
纳税人 nà shuì rén taxpayer納稅人
接纳 jiē nà to admit (to membership)接納
容纳 róngnà to hold容納
交纳 jiāo nà to pay (taxes or dues)交納
维也纳 Wéi yě nà Vienna, capital of Austria維也納
采纳 cǎinà to accept採納
吸纳 xī nà to take in吸納
阿森纳 Ā sēn nà Arsenal Football Club阿森納
归纳 guīnà to sum up歸納
纳闷 nà mèn puzzled納悶
乔纳森 Qiáo nà sēn Jonathan (name)喬納森
戛纳 Jiá nà Cannes (France)戛納
罗纳尔多 Luó nà ěr duō Ronaldo (name)羅納爾多
纳斯达克 Nà sī dá kè NASDAQ (stock exchange)納斯達克
加纳 Jiā nà Ghana加納
维纳斯 Wéi nà sī Venus (mythology, Roman goddess of love)維納斯
纳达尔 Nà dá ěr Nadal (name)納達爾

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