なお

/napo/ → /nafo/ → /nawo/ → /nao/

From Old Japanese.

The okurigana spelling 尚(な)お (nao), or more accurately its historical kana usage counterpart 尚(な)ほ (nafo), used to be very common and the de facto standard, but has become obsolete since the introduction of modern kana usage in 1946. Compare 古(いにしえ) (inishie) and its historically common spelling 古(いにし)へ (inisife).

• (Tokyo) なお [náꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [na̠o̞]

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)?}

1. furthermore, in addition
2. still, as always
3. even (more)
   • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 42, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:

     平生(へいぜい)から無口(むくち)なＫ(ケイ)は、いつもよりなお黙(だま)っていました。

     Heizei kara mukuchi na kei wa, itsumo yori nao damatte imashita.

     K, who was normally reticent, was even quieter than usual.

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)?}

1. moreover, furthermore, in addition, note that

• (Tokyo) なお [nàó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠o̞]

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)?†}-nari

1. common, ordinary, straight

なお • (nao) ^{←なほ (nafo)?}

1. normally, usually