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囊

náng

bag

Phonosemantic compound. 襄 represents the sound and 橐 represents the meaning.

Components
橐 iconic,remnant component

橐  Iconic Remnant component

tuó

  

a sack

Depicts a tied bag with a bottom.

襄 sound,remnant component

襄  Sound Remnant component

xiāng

  

aid

Evolution

囊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囊 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
囊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

囊  

náng

bag, purse, sack; put in bag; sack; purse; pocket (for money)

Most common words with 囊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

囊

sack

胶囊

caplet

囊肿

cyst (med.)

气囊

air sac

窝囊废

wimp

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

囔 饢 馕 攮

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*nˤaŋ

nang

náng

sack, bag


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.8328% of movies

2127th most common character in movies

2041st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

22

Unicode

U+56CA

Shuowen

“囊，橐也。从省，襄省聲。”
Sources

裘錫圭 "Chinese Writing" p.240-241

李学勤《字源》p.557-558



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