呐

吶
nà
#2,893 most
frequent character
battle cry

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

呐 uses 口 mouth, the meaning part, and 内 nèi, the sound part. It first meant 'to speak slowly and awkwardly'. Read nà, 'battle cry' was borrowed for its sound; read na, it is a sentence-final particle, also borrowed.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

呐na
sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊[ne5 a5] or variant of 哪[na5])

Homophones

HSK 1
那nà
that, those, then (in that case)
娜nà
(phonetic na)
纳nà
to receive, to accept, to enjoy

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