哪

na
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frequent character
(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

哪né
used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1], Taiwan pr. [nuo2]
哪něi
which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)
HSK 1
哪nǎ
how, which

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