Hold in Chinese (Mandarin): 拿 (ná)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 拿

• 拿

  To hold, to take. 手 (hand) is at the bottom.

  10 strokes

Second tone. 拿 has 合 (join) on top of 手 (hand): a hand closing on something.

More examples with 拿

• 请拿一个苹果。

  請拿一個蘋果。

  Qǐng ná yí gè píngguǒ.

  Please take an apple.

• 我帮奶奶拿东西。

  我幫奶奶拿東西。

  Wǒ bāng nǎinai ná dōngxi.

  I carry things for Grandma.

How to write 拿 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.