納

音読おんよみ: ノウ・ナ・ナン・トウ

訓読くんよみ: おさめる・おさまる

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 糸(いとへん)

Meaning

Pay / Deliver / Store / Accept / Settle

  • 納税のうぜい — tax payment
  • 納品のうひん — delivery of goods
  • 納豆なっとう — fermented soybeans
  • 収納しゅうのう — storage
  • 納得なっとく — understanding; consent
  • 出納すいとう — receipts and payments; cash handling
  • 納所なっしょ — receiving office (historical)

納 combines 糸 (thread) with 内 (inside), evoking enclosing or putting something in. It broadened to receiving, storing, paying, settling, or bringing to completion.

Common across payment, storage, and acceptance terms—both concrete and abstract (e.g., 納得 “to be convinced”).

税金ぜいきんおさめました。
I paid the taxes.

この商品しょうひん来週らいしゅう納品のうひんされます。
This product will be delivered next week.

税
Creates
納税のうぜい — tax payment
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