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Meaning of 纳
Pinyin
nà
Radical
纟
Strokes
7
Definition
to accept / to pay (tax etc.)
Usage
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纳 nà
1. 收入，放进: To receive, to put in.
例: 出纳; 藏污纳垢 (e.g., to collect; to harbor dirt).
2. 接受: To accept.
例: 采纳; 笑纳; 纳谏 (e.g., to adopt; to accept a smile; to heed advice).
3. 享受: To enjoy.
例: 纳福; 纳凉 (e.g., to enjoy blessings; to enjoy the coolness).
4. 缴付: To pay.
例: 纳税 (e.g., to pay taxes).
5. 补缀，缝补; 现多指密密地缝: To patch, to sew; often refers to sewing tightly.
例: 纳鞋底 (e.g., to sew the shoe sole).
6. 姓: A surname.
*本义:丝被水浸湿; original meaning: silk soaked with water.
*造字法:形声。从糸( mì)，内声; character formation: phono-semantic compound, with 糸 (silk) and inner sound.
1. 同本义: wet; soak.
引: 《说文》：纳，丝湿纳纳也。 (e.g., "to soak" as defined in the Shuowen).
2. 收藏; 收入: collect.
引: 诸葛亮《出师表》：察纳雅言。 (e.g., "to heed words of wisdom" as expressed in Zhuge Liang's Memorial).
3. 假借为“接纳”; 接受: to receive; to admit; to accept.
引: 宋·文天祥《指南录·后序》：几以不纳死。 (e.g., "nearly accepting death").
4. 缴纳，贡献: pay; offer.
引: 《书·禹贡》：九江纳锡大龟。 (e.g., "Paying tribute with big turtles").
5. 穿; 着: wear; put on.
例: 纳履 (e.g., to put on shoes).
6. 使进入: enter.
引: 马中锡《中山狼传》：三纳之而未克。 (e.g., "to enter, yet unable to succeed").
7. 取; 娶: marry.
引: 《国语·晋语》：杀三卻而尸诸朝，纳其室以分妇人。 (e.g., "after killing, it takes the wife").
8. 结交: make friends; associate with.
引: 《宋史·张忠恕传》：魏了翁闻之，更纳交焉。 (e.g., "to establish friendships").
9. 用同“捺”: to press with force; low.
10. 按下: to push down.
例: 纳火 (e.g., to subdue one's anger).
11. 低，低下: low; lower.
例: 纳头 (e.g., to bow the head).
12. 通“衲”; 密针缝纫: sew close stitches over a patch, etc.
引: 《西游记》：那婆子又拿了一件破衣，补补纳纳。 (e.g., "the old lady sewed together the torn clothes").
14. 扣压: withhold.
引: 《水浒传》：枢密童贯同太师蔡京，太尉高俅、杨戬，商议纳下表章不奏。 (e.g., "discussing withholding memorials").
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds
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Input Method for 纳
Pinyin
na4
Wubi
xmwy
Cangjie
vmob
Zhengma
zlod
Four Corner
24127
Unicode
U+7eb3
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category