乃
Traditional: 廼
nǎi
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
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nǎi · naai5 (Jyutping)
- to be
- thus
- so
- therefore
- then
- only
- thereupon
- variant of 乃[nai3]
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Character breakdown
乃
- Meaning
- then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely
- Radical
- 丿
- Strokes
- 2
- Components
- ⿹？丿
- Cangjie
- NHS
- Four-corner
- 1722.7
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