奴(nú)

HSK 7-95 strokes

slave

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Character information

Pinyin
nú
Meaning
slave
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 奴 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰女又

A woman 女 standing by her master's right hand 又; 女 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

女nǚ又yòu

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 奴 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 奴

Common words using 奴 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

nú奴lì隶
HSK 7-9

slave

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lěng冷nú奴

silken tofu served cold with various toppings (loanword from Japanese "hiya…

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xiōng匈nú奴

Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourish…

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kǎ卡nú奴

a slave to one's credit card; sb who is unable to repay their credit card b…

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nú奴pú仆

servant

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nú奴bì婢

slave servant

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nú奴gōng工

slave labor

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nú奴yì役

to enslave

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