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[] take/hold/catch; 拿​ bring; 拿​ take; 拿​ hand over; 拿​ catch a criminal; (HDZ:) ​: ​ (cf. ​/​); ​; …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹ná /​ {A} v.hold; takeseize; capturecov. (introducing an instrument or target)∼ shìshí zhèngmíng ∼事实证明 prove with facts∼ wǒ kāi wánxiào ∼我开玩笑 make fun of mecons.{C} ∼ A lái shuō take A as an example∼ A dàng B take/treat A as B∼ tā dàng péngyou ∼他当朋友 treat him as a friend

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The character 拿 ná ‘take/hold/catch (in/with the hand)’ combines ​ (shǒu) ‘hand’, and ​ (hé) ‘close/shut’; to close/shut the hand and bring the fingers together around an object; formerly wr. ​(​􂈧), and also ​(​􂅔), ​/​𢮝/​.
    “[拿] Grasp, seize, ;take — to ​ join ​ the hands” —Karlgren(AD).
    Compare: ​(​􂇇) shí ‘pick up, gather/collect’; ​ tái ‘move/lift’, formerly wr. ​.
    HDZ: 拿 : ná : ​: ​ (cf. ​/​); ​; ​, ​ (拿​, 拿​); ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​; ​; ​使 (​拿​); (​) (​) (​) (​) (​拿); (​) (​; ​)
►references: Karlgren:AD71; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1864.3; Mathews:4603; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:429.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:161.1.08
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►Cantonese: nah\
Shuōwén: ​􂈧(​)
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