How to write 那 (nà, “that”)
那, an HSK 1 character, is read nà for “that” and “that”, and also nuó (“beautiful”). The Chinese data draws 6 strokes, the Japanese data 7 strokes. Dictionaries list it under the radical 阝 (“mound or town”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 那个 (“that one”), 那些 (“those”) and 那儿 (“there”). Japanese reads it na, “what?”, as a JLPT N1 kanji.
- Pinyin
- nà, nuó
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 阝 (“mound or town”)
Stroke by stroke
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- top leftrightwards → downwards
- top leftrightwards
- leftrightwards
- top leftdownwards
- toprightwards → downwards → down and right
- topdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
KanjiVG draws it with 7 strokes and Make Me a Hanzi with 6 strokes. The reference lists do not confirm both counts, so this can be a convention of the two data sets rather than a difference in how it is taught.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| nà fourth tone | (specifier) that; the; those; (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | — | 那个 那些 那儿 那边 |
| nuó second tone | beautiful; how; (archaic) many; old variant of 挪 (nuó) | — | — |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
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- Words with it
- 33 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 那
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the HSK 1 |
| 那个 那個 | nàge | that one; that thing HSK 1 |
| 那些 | nàxiē | those HSK 1 |
| 那儿 那兒 | nàr | there HSK 1 |
| 那边 那邊 | nàbiān | over there; yonder HSK 1 |
| 那里 那裏 | nàlǐ | there; that place HSK 1 |
| 那么 那麼 | nàme | like that; in that way HSK 2 |
| 那样 那樣 | nàyàng | that kind; that sort HSK 2 |
| 刹那 剎那 | chànà | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second HSK 7-9 |
| 那天 | nàtiān | that day; the other day |
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