奶 nǎi milk; paternal grandmother
Made up of [女 nǚ female; woman radical 38, 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so ]Made with 5 strokes.
A picture combining woman and swollen breasts and abdomen (also phonetic) to give idea of mother's breast milk. A mother's mother is given a different character ('waipo').
Related characters
Also uses 女 nǚ component: 矮 ǎi (low) 安 ān (peace) ; 妇 fù (woman) ; 姑 gū (paternal aunt) ; 好 hǎo (good) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 姐 jiě (elder sister) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 妈 mā (mother) ; 妹 mèi (younger sister) ; 如 rú (as) ; 始 shǐ (to begin) ; 她 tā (she) ; 妄 wàng (absurd) ; 姓 xìng (surname) ; 要 yào (want)
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乃 nǎi (to be)Pronunciation
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