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-====== nà: 捺 - To Press Down, To Restrain; Right-Falling Stroke ======
-===== Quick Summary =====
-  * **Keywords:** na, nà, 捺, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese strokes, to press down, to restrain, control emotions, suppress, hold back, an na bu zhu, Chinese writing, fingerprint, basic strokes
-  * **Summary:** Discover the dual meaning of the Chinese character **捺 (nà)**. It's not just a fundamental, right-falling stroke essential to Chinese calligraphy, but also a verb meaning "to press down" or "to restrain," often used to describe controlling one's emotions. This page explores how **捺 (nà)** embodies concepts of artistic control and emotional discipline, providing practical examples from writing characters to expressing feelings in modern Chinese.
-===== Core Meaning =====
-  * **Pinyin (with tone marks):** nà
-  * **Part of Speech:** Verb, Noun
-  * **HSK Level:** N/A
-  * **Concise Definition:** To press down or restrain; the right-falling stroke in Chinese calligraphy.
-  * **In a Nutshell:** Imagine holding something back with your hand. That's the core of **捺 (nà)**. As a verb, it means to restrain an impulse or emotion, like holding back your temper. As a noun, it's one of the most important brush strokes in writing Chinese characters—a controlled, downward press that finishes with a flourish. Both meanings revolve around the idea of deliberate, controlled pressure.
-===== Character Breakdown =====
-  * **捺 (nà)** is a phono-semantic compound character, meaning one part gives a clue to the meaning and the other to the sound.
-    * **扌(shǒu):** This is the "hand radical," derived from the character for hand, 手. It's found in countless characters related to actions you perform with your hands,