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奴

slave

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,465 U+5974

How 奴 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A woman 女 standing by her master's right hand 又; 女 also provides the pronunciation

components: 女 又

How to remember it

slave · Heisig RSH #747

女 woman + crotch

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 奴 as their sound component

These characters all use 奴 (nú) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
奴 sound component nú slave, servant
怒 nù anger, passion, rage
努 nǔ to exert, to strive, to make an effort; to pout
弩 nǔ crossbow; an arrow falling, a downward stroke
驽 nú tired old horse; old, weak
呶 náo talkative; clamour, hubbub
胬 nǔ pterygium, surfer's eye
孥 nú one's children

Words containing 奴

WordPinyinMeaning
西藏百万农奴解放纪念日 Xī zàng Bǎi wàn Nóng nú Jiě Fàng Jì niàn rì Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
农奴解放日 Nóng nú Jiě fàng rì Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
奴儿干都司 Nú ér gān dū sī the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area
瓜拉丁加奴 Guā lā Dīng jiā nú Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia
奴儿干 Nú ér gān part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty
美利奴羊 měi lì nú yáng merino (breed of sheep)
阿衣奴 Ā yī nú see 阿伊努[A1 yi1 nu3]
丁加奴 Dīng jiā nú former transliteration of Terengganu, Malaysia, replaced by 登嘉樓|登嘉楼[Deng1 jia1 lou2] in 20…
火奴鲁鲁 Huǒ nú lǔ lǔ Honolulu, capital of Hawaii; also called 檀香山
史奴比 Shǐ nú bǐ Snoopy (comic strip pet dog)
奴家 nú jiā (old) your servant (humble self-reference by young female)
奴性 nú xìng servility; doormat mentality
家奴 jiā nú domestic slave; slave servant
性奴 xìng nú sex slave
白奴 bái nú white slave; (neologism that peaked in the 2000s–2010s) white-collar slave (office worker …
奴化 nú huà to enslave; to subjugate
车奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car
奴工 nú gōng slave labor; slave worker
黑奴 hēi nú black slave
卡奴 kǎ nú a slave to one's credit card; sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings