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We sometimes write 「な!?」,「なっ!?」or「なっ・・・!?」(These three will be pronounced the same way) to mean 「なにっ！？」or「何！？」. Probably it's like "Wha...!?" or "What the...!?".
We also sometimes write 「え゛っ！」in place of「えっ！」 to add emphasis, but the 「゛」([濁点]{だくてん}) won't change/affect the pronunciation, so it'd be impossible to pronounce 「な゛」or「え゛」 correctly (I don't know ...
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re: カ (katakana) and 力 (kanji)
Well, I can normally distinguish them quite well. Now, that is. When you draw an imaginary basic bottom line to the kana per line, the chikara kanji normally looks a bit as if it is too far below, by fractions of an inch; whilst the katakana ka does not cross that line by any means.
Hmm, do I have some back up? Yes I do. I had ...
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