TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 · 字
拿
ㄋㄚˊ · ná
verb — to take, to hold
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A closing (合) over a hand (手) — the fingers shut around the thing: to take. The older form was 拏, with 奴 nú for sound; the modern graph swapped in the picture of grasping itself.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（手）一合（合），東西已經在掌心。
The hand (手) closes (合) — and the thing is already in the palm.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)抓住、取— to grasp, to take常用
→拿主意、拿手— to take charge; one's strong suit
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related