拏

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 拿挐拏

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ná
Cantonese: naa4
JapaneseKun: HIKU
JapaneseOn: DA NA
Korean: NA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: take; bring; grasp, hold; arrest

CE-Dict: apprehend/take

Soothill: Take, lay hold of; translit. for d (द्), n (न्); e. g. dāmara (दामर), to affright (demons); v. 荼.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》拏牽引也。从手奴聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】拏
【唐韻】【集韻】【正韻】女加切【韻會】奴加切，𠀤音呶。【說文】牽引也。【增韻】攫也。【史記·霍去病傳】漢匈奴相紛拏。【註】相牽也。【漢書註】亂相持搏也。一作挐。　又拘捕罪人曰拏。俗作拿。　又【揚子·方言】拏，揚州會稽之語也。或謂之惹。　又【正韻】女居切，音袽。【前漢·嚴安傳】禍拏而不解。【註】拏，相連引也，女居反。　又揉也。【楚辭·招魂】稻粢穱麥，拏黃粱些。　【韻會】拏屬舌音，泥字母。舊韻女加切，乃屬齒音，蓋由吳音所呼，女字入泥母故也。今依七音更定奴加切。◎按《說文》拏挐音同義別。韻會拏入麻韻，挐入魚韻。六書故，集韻，正韻，讀書通皆合爲一。考之經史傳註，兩字通用，𠀤有二音，義亦相通，从合可也。互詳挐字註。

Han-De-Dict: ergreifen, einnehmen (u.E.)