View source for 儺

{{also|傩}}
{{character info}}
==Translingual==

===Han character===
{{Han char|rn=9|rad=人|as=19|sn=21|four=20214|canj=OTOG|ids=⿰亻難}}

# [[rich]]

====References====
{{Han ref|kx=0121.420|dkj=01317|dj=0257.060|hdz=10238.160|uh=513A}}

==Chinese==
{{zh-forms|s=傩|alt=難,𠹈,𩙎,𩘾}}

===Glyph origin===
{{Han etym}}
{{Han compound|人|alt1=亻|難|ls=psc|c1=s|c2=p}}.

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*na-n/t||ill, pain, difficult, evil spirit}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=nuó
|c=no4
|h=pfs=
|md=
|mn=ml:nô͘/xm:lô
|w=
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=v,pn
}}

===Definitions===
{{head|zh|hanzi}}

# {{†}} to [[walk]] [[gracefully]]; to [[move]] to the [[measured]] [[step]]s
#* {{zh-x|巧笑 之 瑳{cuō}、佩玉 之 儺。|How shine the white teeth through the artful smiles!<br>How the girdle gems '''move to the measured steps'''!|ref=Shijing}}
# {{zh-used|猗儺|[[beautiful]]; [[graceful]]}}
# {{†}} to [[expel]] [[demon]]s of [[illness]]; to [[exorcise]]
#* {{zh-x|鄉 人 飲 酒， 杖 者 出， 斯 出 矣。 鄉 人 儺，朝 服 而 立 於 阼 階。|When the villagers were drinking together, upon those who carried staffs going out, he went out immediately after.<br>When the villagers were going through their ceremonies to drive away pestilential influences, he put on his court robes and stood on the eastern steps.|ref=Lunyu}}
# [[Nuo]] ceremony

===Compounds===
{{col3|zh|儺戲|猗儺|和儺|儺祓|儺神|儺禮|儺禳|儺聲|儺舞|儺逐|儺鼓|大儺|玉儺|行儺|觀儺|贈儺|進儺|鄉儺|驅儺}}

==Japanese==

===Kanji===
{{ja-kanji|grade=|rs=人19}}

# [[exorcism]]

====Readings====
{{ja-readings
|goon=な
|kanon=だ
|kun=おにやらい-
}}

====Compounds====
{{der-top|Compounds}}
* {{ja-r|追%儺|つい%な}}, {{ja-r|追儺|なやらい}}
* {{ja-r|儺%火|な%び}}
* {{ja-r|儺%豆|な%まめ}}
* {{ja-r|追%儺ふ|な%やらふ|rom=nayarau}}
{{der-bottom}}

{{ja-kanjitab|な|yomi=o}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=な}} {{m|zh|儺|tr=na}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{ja-pron|な}}

===Noun===
{{ja-noun|な}}

# [[driving away]] the [[god]]s of [[disease]]
#* {{quote-book|ja|year=1972|author=Kaibara Chiken|title=Nihon saijiki|page=140|origyear=1688|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pYdEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA140 |trans-title=Japan almanac}}
#*: {{ja-usex|か%ゝ%る虚%誕の説をば、その是%非をあらそはんも口おしければやみぬ。されば'''儺'''は疫をおいはらふことなり。|か%か%る きょ%たん の せつ を ば、 その ぜ%ひ を あらそはん も くちおしければ やみぬ。 されば '''な''' は えき を おいはらふ こと なり。|It would be a pity to try to prove such a false exaggerated theory right or wrong, so I'll stop. So '''''na'' rituals''' are to drive out the epidemic.|rom=Kakaru kyotan no setsu o ba, sono zehi o arasowan mo kuchioshikereba yaminu. Sareba na wa eki o oiharau koto nari.}}

==Korean==

===Hanja===
{{ko-hanja|나}}

# {{rfdef|ko|sort=人19}}

==Vietnamese==

===Han character===
{{vi-readings|reading=[[na]]|rs=人19}}

# {{rfdef|vi|sort=人19}}