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哪

nané

4 readings · tap one to hear it

how; which

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 1
Strokes
9
Radical
口 +7
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
哪
Common rank
#2,192
Unicode
U+54EA

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 哪 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 那 sound ( nà )

Components 口 那

How to remember it

which? · Heisig RSH #1477

口 mouth + Alcatraz

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 哪

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
哪儿 nǎ r where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how co…
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…
哪些 nǎ xiē which ones?; who?; what?
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
天哪 tiān na see 天啊[tian1 a5]
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

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 那 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
那 sound part nà that, that one, those
娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate
挪 nuó to shift, to move