Chinese Character 哪 Meanings and components.

Form

哪

Meaning

哪 meaning[3] in English

How.

Which.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 哪 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and surname Na (那)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RSQL

How to write 哪

To write哪na3how you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 那na4surname Na arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 那 = 哪

哪 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 哪 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 哪, looks as follow:

哪
Pinyin:na3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: How . Which
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
那
Pinyin:na4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Na
冄
Pinyin:ran3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 冉[Ran3]
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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