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那 — What?

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary school#1621 most used
what?
On’yomi (na)
On’yomi (da)
Kun’yomiなに (nani)
Kun’yomiなんぞ (nanzo)
Kun’yomiいかん (ikan)

Stroke order (7 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 那

WordReadingMeaning
旦那だんな
danna
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir
刹那せつな
setsuna
moment; instant; kshana
支那しな
shina
China

Study notes

那 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1621 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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