Character: 柰
Modern (Beijing) reading: nài
Preclassic Old Chinese: nāts
Classic Old Chinese: nāć
Western Han Chinese: nāś
Eastern Han Chinese: nāś
Early Postclassic Chinese: nāś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nā̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: nā̀j
Middle Chinese: nầj
English meaning : expedient, resource
Russian meaning[s]: 1) яблоня (Pirus malus); 2) см. 奈
Comments: The homonymous (and probably original) reading *nāt-s 'a k. of fruit (wild plum)' is attested only since Han. For *n- cf. Xiamen, Fuzhou, Chaozhou nai6, Jianou nai4.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 8201
Karlgren code: 0318 a-b
