捺

捺 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手大一火 (QKMF), four-corner 5409₁, composition ⿰扌奈)

• 𭊁

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 435, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12221
• Dae Jaweon: page 785, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1893, character 2
• Unihan data for U+637A

扌 (“hand”) + 奈 – to press down with the hand, stamp.

捺

1. to press down firmly with the hand
2. (Chinese calligraphy) a stroke that falls downwards towards the right (㇏)

   一字不二捺  ―  yī zì bù èr nà  ―  one character does not have two falling strokes (rule used in calligraphy)

• (stroke): 磔 (zhé); (Min Nan) 裁刀

• (basic character strokes) 點／点 (diǎn), 橫／横, 豎／竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤／钩 (gōu), 彎／弯 (wān), 斜

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. press
2. print
3. affix a stamp
4. seal

• Go-on: なち (nachi); なつ (natsu)
• Kan-on: だつ (datsu)
• Kun: おす (osu, 捺す); さす (sasu, 捺す); つく (tsuku, 捺く)
• Nanori: な (na)

From Middle Chinese 捺 (MC nat).

捺(なつ) • (Natsu) 

1. a female given name

捺 (eum 날 (nal))

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捺: Hán Nôm readings: nài, nại

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