那

nuó
#38 most
frequent character
(archaic) many, beautiful, how

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

那 has a meaning part 񁍍 for a political entity and a sound part 񁣂 rǎn. It first named an ancient state. The sense grew to 'that place; there' and then to 'that; those'. The sound link is not clear in Mandarin.

那 as a component in other characters

sound3 characters
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