Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

納: settlement, obtain

Also: reap, pay, supply, store

JLPT N110 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 内 gives the sound

10 strokes

Seven readings, and the words that use each

ノウnou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 納期のうきdate of delivery or payment
  • 納税するのうぜいするpay taxes
  • 納入するのうにゅうするpay, supply
  • 滞納するたいのうするdefault, fail to pay
  • 収納するしゅうのうするreceive, store, put away

ナッna · on'yomi

  • 納豆なっとうnatto
  • 納得するなっとくするconsent, assent, understand

ナna · on'yomi

  • 納屋なやshed, barn, outhouse

ナンnan · on'yomi

  • 納戸なんどback room, storage room

トウtou · on'yomi

  • 出納係すいとうがかりcashier, treasurer, teller

おさめるosameru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 納めるおさめるobtain, reap, pay [v.t.]

おさまるosamaru · kun'yomi

  • 納まるおさまるbe in place, be settled [v.i.]

Also read -おさめる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read ナ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
納 settlement · 内
vs絵 picture · 会
納 has 内 where 絵 has 会.
In ChineseSimplified 纳 · traditional, as in Japanese · nà

Japan keeps the traditional form 納; mainland China simplifies it to 纳.

Simplified
纳 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
納 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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