KANJI GUIDE
A leaf. 言葉, the word for language, is literally leaves of speech.
The lotus. It grows out of mud and comes up clean, which is why Buddhism uses it.
Wisdom that comes from seeing clearly. The older, weightier form of 知恵.
Both kana for this sound — な and ナ — were made from 奈. And Japan has written foreign names with it for centuries: 加奈陀 is Canada. Yours is in good company.