挪

挪 U+632A, 挪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-632A ← 挩 [U+6329] CJK Unified Ideographs 挫 → [U+632B]

Translingual

Han character

挪 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手尸手中 (QSQL), four-corner 5702₇, composition ⿰扌那)

1. move, shift on one side

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12084
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1876, character 5
• Unihan data for U+632A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		挪

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
那	*naːl, *naːlʔ, *naːls
挪	*naːl
娜	*naːlʔ
柟	*noːm, *njam, *njamʔ
抩	*noːm
聃	*n̥ʰaːm, *n̥ʰaːm
舑	*n̥ʰaːm, *njam
坍	*n̥ʰaːm
髯	*njam, *njams
蚺	*njam
呥	*njam
冉	*njam, *njamʔ
袡	*njam
苒	*njamʔ
姌	*njamʔ, *neːmʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuó (nuo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / no͘ / nô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): no⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuó
    • Wade–Giles: no²
    • Yale: nwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuo
    • Palladius: но (no)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: no⁴
    • Yale: nòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: no͘
    • Tâi-lô: noo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nô͘
    • Tâi-lô: nôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: noo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /nɔ̃²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /nɔ̃²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: no⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /no⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: na

Rime
Character	挪
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	諾何切
Baxter	na
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/na/
Li Rong	/nɑ/
Wang Li	/nɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/nɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nuó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	no4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*naːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挪
Reading #	1/1
No.	10767
Phonetic component	冉
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	那
Old Chinese	/*naːl/

Definitions

挪

1. to move; to shift on one side

   把桌子挪到那邊去。 [MSC, trad.]
   把桌子挪到那边去。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bǎ zhuōzi nuó dào nàbiān qù. [Pinyin]

   Move the table to that side.

Synonyms

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• 嫁 (jià) (figurative)
• 徙動 / 徙动 (Hokkien)
• 挪動 / 挪动 (nuódòng)
• 挪移 (nuóyí)
• 搬動 / 搬动 (bāndòng)
• 搬徙 (Hokkien)
• 搬移 (bānyí)
• 移動 / 移动 (yídòng)
• 移徙 (yíxǐ) (literary, or Min Nan)
• 走 (zǒu)
• 轉移 / 转移 (zhuǎnyí)
• 騰挪 / 腾挪 (téngnuó)

Dialectal synonyms of 移 (“to move (an object)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		移, 挪, 移動, 挪動
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	移, 挪
	Singapore	移
Cantonese	Guangzhou	移, 喐, 褪
	Hong Kong	移, 喐, 褪
	Taishan	移
	Singapore (Guangfu)	移
Hakka	Meixian	徙, 移
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	徙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	徙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	徙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	徙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	徙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	徙
Southern Min	Xiamen	徙
	Quanzhou	徙
	Zhangzhou	徙
	Tainan	徙
	Penang (Hokkien)	徙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	徙
	Manila (Hokkien)	徙
	Jieyang	徙
	Singapore (Teochew)	徙

Compounds

• 挪借 (nuójiè)
• 挪動 / 挪动 (nuódòng)
• 挪墊 / 挪垫
• 挪威 (Nuówēi)
• 挪威王國 / 挪威王国
• 挪抬 (nuótái)
• 挪湊 / 挪凑
• 挪用 (nuóyòng)
• 挪移 (nuóyí)
• 挪窩兒 / 挪窝儿
• 挪開 / 挪开 (nuókāi)
• 挪騷窩兒 / 挪骚窝儿
• 搬挪
• 東挪西借 / 东挪西借
• 東挪西湊 / 东挪西凑 (dōngnuóxīcòu)
• 東閃西挪 / 东闪西挪
• 納胯挪腰 / 纳胯挪腰
• 騰挪 / 腾挪 (téngnuó)

Japanese

Kanji

挪

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): だ (da)、な (na)
• Kun: もむ (momu, 挪む)

Korean

Hanja

挪 • (na) (hangeul 나, revised na, McCune–Reischauer na, Yale na)

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Vietnamese

Han character

挪: Hán Nôm readings: ná, na

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