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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

捺: press, print

Also: affix a seal, stamp

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 奈 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ナツnatsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 押捺おうなつ
  • 捺印なついんaffixing a seal (to)

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 捺くつくto prick; to stab

Also read ダツ, さす, おす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

All 88

Also read ダツ

2 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nà

Same form: 捺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
捺 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
捺 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin nà most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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