纳

納
nà
verb #2,616

Meanings

  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to pay

Examples

HSK 3
Xuéxiào jīnnián jiēnà le hěnduō xīn xuésheng.
The school accepted many new students this year.
HSK 7-9
Suǒyǒu gōngmín dōu bìxū yīfǎ nàshuì.
All citizens must pay taxes according to the law.

Tips

memory
纟 (silk) + 内 (inside) - drawing silk threads inside

Components

radical
纟 sī
silk; thread (radical form)
Silk radical on the left - the simplified form of 糸. The original sense of 纳 was 'soaking silk fibres into water before weaving,' which broadened to 'take in, accept, absorb.' Same thread family as 纸, 织, 纺, 线 - anything spun, dyed, or sewn.
phonetic
内 nèi
inside; inner
Right side 内 carries the sound: nèi → nà with vowel shift, and doubles as a strong semantic hint - 'inner' supports the meaning 'take in, draw inward.' This phonetic+semantic overlap is why 纳 reliably means 'to admit, accept, pay in' (接纳, 缴纳).

Stroke Order

纳 nà