Chinese symbol for “manna”
吗哪
mǎ nǎ
Traditional: 嗎哪
manna (Israelite food)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for manna is 吗哪 (mǎ nǎ), defined as: manna (Israelite food).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吗哪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干吗 (幹嗎) | gàn má | variant of 干嘛 (gàn má) |
| 吗啡 (嗎啡) | mǎ fēi | morphine (loanword) |
| 吗啉 (嗎啉) | mǎ lín | morpholine (chemistry) (loanword) |
| 不是吗 (不是嗎) | bù shì ma | isn't that so? |
| 不香吗 (不香嗎) | bù xiāng ma | (slang) would be better (abbr. for 这钱买排骨它不香吗 (zhè qián mǎi pái gǔ tā bù xiāng ma) for that money, a pork cutlet would be more appetizing, wo |
| 哪里 (哪裏) | nǎ lǐ | where?; somewhere |
| 哪个 (哪個) | nǎ ge | which; who |
| 哪些 | nǎ xiē | which ones?; who? |
See also: Japanese symbol for “manna”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.