■ radical
nà
that
How it’s built
Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 冄 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "name of a city", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.
⻏
meaning
area; city — ⻏ is a component form of 邑.
冄
sound
gradually; drooping (branches or hair) — 冄 is a component form of 冉. The pronunciation of 那 was similar to 冄 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.