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诺

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to consent; to promise; (literary) yes!

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
10
Radical
言 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
諾
Common rank
#733
Unicode
U+8BFA

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Formation & memory

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How 诺 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

讠 meaning “speech” + 若 sound ( ruò )

Components 讠 若

How to remember it

promise · Heisig RSH #1655

words + Disneyland

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 诺

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

WordPinyinMeaning
克拉斯诺亚尔斯克 Kè lā sī nuò yà ěr sī kè Krasnoyarsk
克拉斯诺达尔 Kè lā sī nuò dá ěr Krasnodar (city in Russia)
克罗诺斯 Kè luó nuò sī Cronus (Titan of Greek mythology)
诺美克斯 Nuò měi kè sī Nomex (brand)
米诺地尔 mǐ nuò dì ěr (pharmacology) minoxidil
斯诺克 sī nuò kè (loanword) snooker
罗马诺 Luó mǎ nuò Romano (name)
圣马力诺 Shèng mǎ lì nuò San Marino
布尔诺 Bù ěr nuò Brno, city in Czech Republic
圣马利诺 Shèng mǎ lì nuò San Marino (Tw)
一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn (lit.) a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom); (fig.) a promise that can be cou…
千金一诺 qiān jīn yī nuò a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept
阿诺德 Ā nuò dé (name) Arnold
查克·诺里斯 Chá kè · Nuò lǐ sī Chuck Norris (1940-), American martial artist and actor
诺罗病毒 nuò luó bìng dú norovirus (Tw) (loanword)
阿多诺 Ā duō nuò surname Adorno; Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno 狄奧多·阿多諾|狄奥多·阿多诺[Di2 ao4 duo1 · A1 duo1 n…
诺基亚 Nuò jī yà Nokia (company name)
诺如病毒 nuò rú bìng dú norovirus (loanword)
格勒诺布尔 Gé lè nuò bù ěr Grenoble (French town)
奇卡诺人 Qí kǎ nuò rén Chicano; Chicana; Mexican American

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
若 sound part ruò if, supposing, assuming; similar
惹 rě to incite, to irritate, to offend, to vex
匿 nì to hide; to go into hiding
喏 nuò respectful reply of assent to superiors
偌 ruò thus, so, like, such
箬 ruò bamboo skin; broad-leaved bamboo
锘 nuò nobelium