拿
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #952 U+62FF
How 拿 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
手 (semantic, “hand”) + 合 (phonetic, hé)
How to remember it
hold · Heisig RSH #587
合 fit + 手 hand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 合
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 合 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合 sound component | hé | to combine, to join, to unite; to gather |
| 哈 | hā | the sound of laughter |
| 给 | gěi | to give, to lend; for, by |
| 盒 | hé | small box or case; casket |
| 鸽 | gē | pigeon, dove; Columba species (various) |
| 恰 | qià | just, exactly, precisely; proper |
| 蛤 | gé | clam |
| 颌 | hé | mouth; jaw |
| 龛 | kān | niche, shrine |
| 峇 | bā | cave, cavern |
| 袷 | jiá | lined garment |
| 荅 | dá | to answer; small bean; thick, heavy |
| 饸 | hé | buckwheat or sorghum noodles |
| 耠 | huō | to dig, to till |
| 铪 | hā | hafnium |
Words containing 拿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拿不出手 | ná bù chū shǒu | not presentable; shoddy and too embarrassing to show |
| 加拿大太平洋铁路 | Jiā ná dà Tài píng yáng Tiě lù | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| 巴拿马运河 | Bā ná mǎ Yùn hé | Panama Canal |
| 加拿大皇家海军 | Jiā ná dà Huáng jiā Hǎi jūn | Royal Canadian Navy |
| 拿得起放得下 | ná de qǐ fàng de xià | lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom); fig. to take what comes; to meet gains or loss… |
| 巴拿马城 | Bā ná mǎ Chéng | Panama City |
| 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短 | chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn | lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't rea… |
| 拿来主义 | ná lái zhǔ yì | the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc) |
| 拿不动 | ná bu dòng | to be unable to lift (sth); to find (sth) too heavy |
| 加拿大皇家 | Jiā ná dà Huáng jiā | HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship); prefix for Canadian Navy Vessels |
| 巴拿马 | Bā ná mǎ | Panama |
| 加拿大 | Jiā ná dà | Canada |
| 亚米拿达 | Yà mǐ ná dá | Amminadab (son of Ram) |
| 拿主意 | ná zhǔ yi | to make a decision; to make up one's mind |
| 拿一血 | ná yī xuè | (gaming) to get first blood; (slang) to take (sb's) virginity |
| 手拿包 | shǒu ná bāo | clutch bag |
| 波拿巴 | Bō ná bā | Bonaparte (name); Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815 |
| 士巴拿 | shì bā ná | (dialect) spanner (loanword) |
| 拿手菜 | ná shǒu cài | specialty (dish) |
| 汉拿山 | Hàn ná Shān | Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea |