the characters are looking in different directions as if they don’t know WHERE to go
Dinobi Ibegbu
2 years ago
it’s the combination of the mouth radical and the character for that or there, so a person is giving directions of “where” something is.
Danial Tajwer
2 years ago
If we know that 那 is already used to point out something that’s “over there,” the addition of the 口 radical turns it into a question: WHERE?
Ilan Alvarez
2 years ago
The middle of the character looks like a sail, which makes me think about a boat not knowing “where” to go. 哪
Meeera
1 year ago
To recall writing the character 那, you can think of it as a combination of two components: ⻏ (fú) meaning “roof” and 尔 (ěr) meaning “you”. Start with the ⻏ shape and add the 尔 stroke inside.
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NYU Abu Dhabi
Linh Hoang
1 year ago
if you open your mouth 口 to ask about something over there 那, you are asking where 哪 that thing is
School Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
Kiran
5 months ago
It is the same as “that” but it has an extra radicle which got lost and is looking WHERE to go
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Karen Guamarrigra
17 days ago
This character looks like two eyes and then a hand over their nose to represent surprise like on tik tok when they say “WHERE?”.
the characters are looking in different directions as if they don’t know WHERE to go
it’s the combination of the mouth radical and the character for that or there, so a person is giving directions of “where” something is.
If we know that 那 is already used to point out something that’s “over there,” the addition of the 口 radical turns it into a question: WHERE?
The middle of the character looks like a sail, which makes me think about a boat not knowing “where” to go. 哪
To recall writing the character 那, you can think of it as a combination of two components: ⻏ (fú) meaning “roof” and 尔 (ěr) meaning “you”. Start with the ⻏ shape and add the 尔 stroke inside.
if you open your mouth 口 to ask about something over there 那, you are asking where 哪 that thing is
It is the same as “that” but it has an extra radicle which got lost and is looking WHERE to go
This character looks like two eyes and then a hand over their nose to represent surprise like on tik tok when they say “WHERE?”.