拏 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 9 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「手」+音符「奴」。「もつ」「手にとる」「つかまえる」を意味する漢語{拿}を表す字。もと「奴」が{拿}を表す字であったが、「手」を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

catch, arrest

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • つか(む)
  • ひ(く)
Other languages
  • 拼音na2
  • 한글na
  • Hán-ViệtNoa

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+62CF

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱奴手

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-4
Four Corner
4750.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.30
Nelson
1862