哪

nǎ
HSK 1
#651 most
frequent character
how, which
pronoun

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

哪 began as a sentence-final particle, with 口 as the meaning part. 那 nà supplies the sound. The question meaning 'what, which' was borrowed only for the sound, not from the shape.

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Example Sentences

你想去哪儿？
nǐ xiǎngqù nǎér ？
Where do you want to go?
这个是哪个？
zhègè shì něigè ？
Which one is this?
你是哪国人？
nǐshì nǎ guórén ？
Which country are you from?

Same Characters, Different Readings

哪na
(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")
哪né
used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1], Taiwan pr. [nuo2]
哪něi
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)

Words Starting With 哪

哪儿nǎ r
where?; wherever; anywhere
哪怕nǎ pà
even; even if; even though; no matter how

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Who, what, where, when, why, how, which, and other interrogatives.