娜

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(phonetic na); used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 meaning “woman” + 那 sound ( nà )

Components 女那

na · Heisig RSH #3015

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
亚利安娜	Yà lì ān nà	Ariane (French space rocket)
贝娜齐尔·布托	Bèi nà qí ěr Bù tuō	Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007), Pakistani politician, prime minister 1988–90 and 1993–96
奥西娜斯	Ào xī nuó sī	Oceanus, a Titan in Greek mythology
阿丽亚娜	Ā lì yà nà	Ariane (name); Ariane European space launch vehicle
拉尼娜	Lā Ní nà	La Niña, equatorial climatic variation over the Eastern Pacific, as opposed to El Niño 厄爾尼…
科罗娜	Kē luó nà	Corona (beer)
安娜·卡列尼娜	Ān nà · Kǎ liè ní nà	Anna Karenina, novel by Leo Tolstoy 列夫·托爾斯泰\|列夫·托尔斯泰[Lie4 fu1 · Tuo1 er3 si1 tai4]
耶莱娜·扬科维奇	Yé lái nuó · Yáng kē wéi qí	Jelena Jankovic (1985-), Serbian tennis player
赛德娜	Sài dé nà	Sedna, small body in the outer reaches of the solar system
卡洛娜	kǎ luò nà	calzone (Italian pocket), folded pizza
麦当娜	Mài dāng nà	Madonna (1958-), US pop singer
安娜	Ān nà	Anna (name)
雅典娜	Yǎ diǎn nà	Athena
戴安娜	Dài ān nà	Diana (name)
汉娜	Hàn nà	Hannah (name)
李娜	Lǐ Nà	Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title…
蒙娜丽莎	Méng nà Lì shā	Mona Lisa
戴安娜王妃	Dài ān nà wáng fēi	Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
叶卡捷琳娜	Yè kǎ jié lín nà	Yekaterina or Ekaterina (name); Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), E…
丽佳娜	Lì jiā nà	Regina (name)

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