奈
奈 — Nara
Nara, what?
On’yomiナ (na)
On’yomiナイ (nai)
On’yomiダイ (dai)
Kun’yomiいかん (ikan)
Kun’yomiからなし (karanashi)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 奈
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奈良 | なら nara | Nara (city, prefecture) |
Study notes
奈 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #841 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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