奈

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 大(だい)

Meaning

Nara / What / How / Endure

  • 奈良なら — Nara (ancient capital)
  • 奈落ならく — hell / abyss
  • 奈何いかん — how / what (classical)
  • 奈央なお — Nao (given name)

奈 is often used phonetically. It became associated with place names like 奈良 (Nara), and in classical Japanese and Buddhist texts it appears in questioning expressions, often paired with 何 or 如何.

奈良なら日本にほん古都ことです。
Nara is an ancient capital of Japan.

奈落ならくそこちたような気分きぶんだった。
I felt like I had fallen into the depths of hell.

何
Creates
奈何いかん — how / what
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