# 捺

| 捺 | U+637A, &#25466; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-637A |
| ← 捹 [U+6379] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 捻 → [U+637B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

捺 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大一火 (QKMF), four-corner 5409$_1$, composition ⿰扌奈)

#### Derived characters

* 𭊁

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12221
* Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1893, character 2
* Unihan data for U+637A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 奈 | *naːls, *naːds |
| 柰 | *naːds |
| 渿 | *naːds |
| 捺 | *naːd |
扌 (“hand”) + 奈 – to press down with the hand, stamp.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nà (na$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naat$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍t
* 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: naat$^6$
*** Yale: naaht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naat$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːt̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍t
*** Tâi-lô: la̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lat
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lat̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lat̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lat̚²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: nat
Rime :
| Character | 捺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 曷 (63) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 奴曷切 |
| Baxter | nat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /nɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /nat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /nɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /nɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /nɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | naat$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*naːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 捺 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9353 |
| Phonetic component | 奈 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 捺 |
| Old Chinese | /*naːd/ |

### Definitions

捺
* to press down firmly with the hand
* (Chinese calligraphy) a stroke that falls downwards towards the right (㇏)
    一字不二捺 ― yī zì bù èr nà ― one character does not have two falling strokes (rule used in calligraphy)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 按 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 按, 摁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 按 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 按 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 按 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 按, 摁 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 按, 壓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 按, 逞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 按, 逞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 捺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 按, 捺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 撳, 的 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 撳 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 撳 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 擪 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 撳 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 按, 陣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 撳 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 撳 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 撳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 撳 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 撳, 擪 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 撳 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 擪 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 撳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 按 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 壓 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 揤 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 揤, 捏 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 揤, 捏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 揤 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 揤 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 撳 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 撳 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 撳 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 捺, 捼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 捘, 按 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 撳 |
* (stroke): 磔 (zhé); (Min Nan) 裁刀

#### Coordinate terms

* (basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

### Compounds

* 按捺 (ànnà)
* 按捺不住 (ànnàbùzhù)
* 捺下
* 捺倒
* 捺印
* 捺定性子
* 捺擱 / 捺搁

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* press
* print
* affix a stamp
* seal

#### Readings

* Go-on: なち (nachi)、なつ (natsu)
* Kan-on: だつ (datsu)
* Kun: おす (osu, 捺す)、さす (sasu, 捺す)、つく (tsuku, 捺く)
* Nanori: な (na)

#### Compounds

* 捺印(なついん) (natsuin)
* 捺染(なっせん) (nassen)
* 捺(な)落(らく) (naraku)
* 捺筆(だっぴつ) (dappitsu)
* 押捺(おうなつ) (ōnatsu)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 捺
* なつ Jinmeiyō
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 捺 (MC nat).

### Proper noun

捺(なつ) • (Natsu)
* a female given name

## Korean
### Hanja

捺 (eum 날 (nal))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

捺: Hán Nôm readings: nài, nại
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