# 娜

| 娜 | U+5A1C, &#23068; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A1C |
| ← 娛 [U+5A1B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 娝 → [U+5A1D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

娜 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女尸手中 (VSQL), four-corner 4742$_7$, composition ⿰女那)

#### Derived characters

* 𦶦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 23
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6311
* Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1048, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5A1C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *naːlʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 那 (OC *naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nuó (nuo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): no$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ná / nǎ / ló
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nuó
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nuó
*** Wade–Giles: no$^2$
*** Yale: nwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
*** Palladius: но (no)
*** Sinological IPA : /nu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: no$^5$
*** Yale: nóh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: no$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: no$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɔː¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
*** Tâi-lô: nóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná
*** Tâi-lô: ná
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nar
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nã⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /nã⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nã⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nǎ
*** Tâi-lô: nǎ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nã²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
*** Tâi-lô: ló
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/
* nó͘ - literary;
* ná/nǎ/ló - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: naX
Rime :
| Character | 娜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 奴可切 |
| Baxter | naX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nɑ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nɑ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɑ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /na$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /nɑ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /nɑ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /nɑ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nuǒ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | no$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*naːlʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 娜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10768 |
| Phonetic component | 冉 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 橠 |
| Old Chinese | /*naːlʔ/ |

#### Definitions

娜
* beautiful; graceful

#### Compounds

* 夭娜
* 娜娜
* 娜婀
* 婀娜 (ēnuó)
* 婀娜多姿 (ēnuóduōzī)
* 嫋娜 / 袅娜
* 嫋嫋娜娜 / 袅袅娜娜
* 嬌娜 / 娇娜
* 嬝娜 / 袅娜
* 嬝娜纖巧 / 袅娜纤巧
* 嬝娜風流 / 袅娜风流
* 嬝嬝娜娜 / 袅袅娜娜
* 窈娜
* 裊娜 / 袅娜

### Etymology 2

Pronunciation from modern pronunciation of its phonetic part 那 (nà). Originally used to transcribe foreign female personal names, then also used in Chinese female personal names.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nà (na$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): no$^4$ / naa$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ló / ná / na / nā
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nà
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nà
*** Wade–Giles: na$^4$
*** Yale: nà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
*** Palladius: на (na)
*** Sinological IPA : /nä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: no$^4$ / naa$^4$
*** Yale: nòh / nàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: no$^4$ / naa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: no$^4$ / na$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɔː²¹/, /naː²¹/
* 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)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
*** Tâi-lô: ló
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lo⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ná
*** Tâi-lô: ná
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nar
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nã⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: na
*** Tâi-lô: na
*** Phofsit Daibuun: naf
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nã⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nã³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nā
*** Tâi-lô: nā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: na
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nã³³/
* nó͘ - literary;
* ló/ná - vernacular;
* na - vernacular (俗).

#### Definitions

娜
* Used in female personal names.
    歐陽娜娜／欧阳娜娜 ― Ōuyáng Nànà ― Ouyang Nana

#### Compounds

* 安娜 (Ānnà)
* 愛洛娜 / 爱洛娜
* 漢娜 / 汉娜 (Hànnà)
* 芙宁娜
* 莎喲娜拉 / 莎哟娜拉 (shāyōnàlā)
* 蒙娜麗莎 / 蒙娜丽莎 (Méngnà Lìshā)
* 雅典娜 (Yǎdiǎnnà)
* 黛安娜 (Dài'ānnà)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* graceful

#### Readings

* Go-on: な (na)
* Kan-on: だ (da)
* Kun: おもむろ (omomuro, 娜)、しなやか (shinayaka, 娜やか)

#### Compounds

* 娜准(なじゅん) (Najun)
* 婀娜(あだ) (ada)
* 采(あや)娜(な) (Ayana)
* 安娜(あんな) (Anna)
* 淑娜(しゅうな) (Shūna)
* 嫋娜(じょうだ), 裊娜(じょうだ) (jōda)
* 美娜(みな) (Mina)
* 有娜(ゆな) (Yuna)
* 莉娜(りな) (Rina)
* 麗娜(りな) (Rina)

#### Usage notes

Used in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨da⟩ and ⟨na⟩.

## Korean
### Hanja

娜 • (na) (hangeul 나, revised na, McCune–Reischauer na)
* elegant
* graceful
* delicate

## Tày
### Noun

娜 (na̱)
* Nôm form of na̱ (“maternal aunt, second wife”).

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

娜: Hán Nôm readings: na, nạ
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