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納

nà

bring in, accept

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 内 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

内 sound component

内  Sound component

nèi

  

inside

Evolution

納 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
納 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
納 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
納 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

纳 (納) 

nà

admit, take, receive, accept; to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing

纳 (納) 

Nà

surname Na

Most common words with 納
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纳

to receive

纳入

to bring into

缴纳

to pay (taxes etc)

纳粹

Nazi (loanword)

纳税

to pay taxes

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nˤ[u]p

nop

nà

bring or send in


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 32.1800% of movies

732nd most common character in movies

684th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

纳

Unicode

U+7D0D

Shuowen

“納，絲溼納納也。从糸，內聲。”


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