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Kanji Detail for 奈 - "Nara, what?"

奈

  • Meaning

    奈 means "Nara, what?."

    1. Fruit tree - A type of crab apple or apple-like tree.

    2. Question particle - An interrogative or rhetorical expression.

  • Words using 奈

    • 奈良 なら Listen Nara (city, prefecture)

  • Four-character idioms with 奈

    • 金輪奈落 こんりんならく Listen utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end

  • Origin of 奈

    大 over 示, the altar. Originally a variant of 柰, a crab-apple tree; the character survived almost purely for its sound na — most famously in 奈良, Nara, Japan's first great capital.

    How to remember it: A big 大 offering on the altar 示 — a character that gave up its fruit-tree meaning to lend its sound to Nara.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 奈

    • Verified meaning: Nara, what?
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read だい, な, なな)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 奈

    Given names 奈(な)Listen 奈(なな)Listen

    Surnames 奈(だい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Nara; what?

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    but, how; bear, stand, endure

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary); used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    奈何: Like saying "what to do."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    dai(ダイ) ダイ

    na(ナ) ナ

    nai(ナイ) ナイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ikan(いかん) いかん

    karanashi(からなし) からなし

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    大 (dai)

  • Related Keywords

    fruit tree question particle nashi nara apple pear interrogative rhetorical prefecture place name

Sentences including 奈

  • I've visited nara.

  • Nara is as old as kyoto.

  • I will visit nara next week.

  • I have a friend living in nara.

  • He went to nara.

  • I want to live in kyoto or in nara.

  • I have a friend living in nara.

  • I was born in a small town called nara.

  • Nara is a city which i like very much.

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