U+5948 "奈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+5948 "奈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that also appears in Japanese kanji and Korean hanja, primarily carrying the meaning of "what" or "how" in classical contexts, as well as the sense of "to bear" or "to endure" in certain compound words. Its structure combines the radical "大" (big) with elements suggesting a phonetic component, and it is notably used in the Buddhist term "奈落" (naraka) to denote hell or an abyss, as well as in the Japanese word "奈良" (Nara), referring to the ancient capital city. In modern Chinese, it appears less frequently as a standalone word but persists in fixed expressions like "无奈" (wunai), meaning "helpless" or "having no choice." The character is thus a versatile logogram with deep roots in East Asian cultural and religious texts.