哪
·na ·né ·
how; which
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,192 U+54EA
How 哪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 那 (phonetic, nà)
How to remember it
which? · Heisig RSH #1477
口 mouth + Alcatraz
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 那
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 那 (nà) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 那 sound component | nà | that, that one, those |
| 娜 | nà | elegant, graceful, delicate |
| 挪 | nuó | to shift, to move |
Words containing 哪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 | cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié | a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb); … |
| 哪儿的话 | nǎ r de huà | (coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it |
| 哪门子 | nǎ mén zi | (coll.) (emphasizing a rhetorical question) what; what kind; why on earth |
| 也好不到哪里去 | yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù | just as bad; not much better |
| 打哪儿指哪儿 | dǎ nǎ r zhǐ nǎ r | (coll.) to act first and then claim the outcome was intended; to act without a clear aim a… |
| 哪知道 | nǎ zhī dào | who would have thought that ...? |
| 哪一个 | nǎ yī ge | which |
| 哪儿 | nǎ r | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how co… |
| 天哪 | tiān na | see 天啊[tian1 a5] |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expre… |
| 哪里 | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expre… |
| 哪里哪里 | nǎ lǐ nǎ lǐ | you're too kind; you flatter me |
| 哪儿跟哪儿 | nǎ r gēn nǎ r | what's that have to do with it?; what's the connection? |
| 哪壶不开提哪壶 | nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú | lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot; to talk about sb's w… |
| 哪知 | nǎ zhī | who would have imagined?; unexpectedly |
| 算哪根葱 | suàn nǎ gēn cōng | who do (you) think (you) are?; who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is? |
| 哪个 | nǎ ge | which; who |
| 哪像 | nǎ xiàng | unlike; in contrast to |
| 哪怕 | nǎ pà | even; even if; even though; no matter how |
| 哪些 | nǎ xiē | which ones?; who?; what? |