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HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1

奶

nǎi

Milk; breasts; grandmother; to suckle or nurse.

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Why does 奶 look like this?

It combines the 'woman' radical 女 (nǚ) on the left with the phonetic component 乃 (nǎi) on the right. Historically, 乃 represented a nursing breast, so putting them together creates the perfect image for a mother or milk!

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