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娜

nuó / nà
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 graceful; lithe (in 婀娜)

Examples

她的舞姿婀娜轻盈。
Tā de wǔzī ē nuó qīngyíng.
Her dancing posture was light and graceful.
柳枝在微风中婀娜摇曳。
Liǔzhī zài wēifēng zhōng ē nuó yáoyè.
The willow branches sway gracefully in the breeze.

Tips

usage
The nuó reading is literary and almost always appears in 婀娜 (ēnuó) or 袅娜 (niǎonuó), both describing slender, swaying gracefulness, often of women or willow branches.

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman; female
The woman radical on the left signals that 娜 is used for female personal names, its main everyday function in this reading.
phonetic
那 nà
that
那 (that) provides the sound; it contributes no meaning and serves purely as the phonetic component.

Stroke Order

娜 nuó