This is the 487th most frequent Korean word.
나
"I" or "me" (informal).
Here, '나' is used as the first-person singular pronoun in its subject form, as 'I', combined with the subject particle '는'.
나는 책을 읽고 있어.
I am reading a book.
In this sentence, '나' is used as the first-person singular pronoun in its informal possessive/subjective form, combined with the subject particle '가' as '내가'.
이건 내가 필요해.
I need this.
Here, '나' functions as 'me' or the object in the sentence, pairing with the object particle '를' to form '나를'.