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囊

囊

囊 U+56CA, 囊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56CA
← 囉
[U+56C9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 囋 →
[U+56CB]

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • 嚢
  • 𡄜
  • 𢑿
  • 𣡦
  • 𣡪
  • 𧛦
  • 𣡏

Han character

囊 (radical 30 口+19, 22 strokes, cangjie input 十月口口女 (JBRRV), four-corner 00732)

References

  • KangXi: page 215, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4633
  • Dae Jaweon: page 438, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 707, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+56CA

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 囊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囊
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (襄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
囊 *naːŋ
蠰 *naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩 *naːŋʔ
灢 *naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾 *naːŋs
孃 *naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤 *naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲 *naŋ, *njaŋ
釀 *naŋs
瓖 *snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤 *snaŋ
襄 *snaŋ
纕 *snaŋ
忀 *snaŋ
欀 *snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟 *hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘 *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳 *njaŋ
穰 *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟 *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼 *njaŋ
獽 *njaŋ
儴 *njaŋ
蘘 *njaŋ
鬤 *njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷 *njaŋ
壤 *njaŋʔ
嚷 *njaŋʔ
讓 *njaŋs
懹 *njaŋs
攮 *rnoːŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意) - a tied bag (𣒚), with various items in it (𤕦). 𤕦 also serves as a phonetic element. There are many alternative forms. In the modern, standard form, the bottom turned into 襄. Etymology best preserved in small seal script form.

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 囊
Mandarin Beijing /naŋ³⁵/
Harbin /naŋ²⁴/
Tianjin /nɑŋ⁴⁵/
Jinan /naŋ⁴²/
Qingdao /naŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /naŋ⁴²/
Xi'an /naŋ²¹/
Xining /nɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /nɑŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /lɑ̃⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /naŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /naŋ²¹³/
Chengdu /naŋ³¹/
Guiyang /naŋ²¹/
Kunming /nã̠³¹/
Nanjing /laŋ²⁴/
Hefei /lɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /nɒ̃¹¹/
Pingyao /nɑŋ¹³/
Hohhot /nɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /nɑ̃²³/
Suzhou /nɑ̃¹³/
Hangzhou /nɑŋ²¹³/
Wenzhou /nuɔ³¹/
Hui Shexian /la⁴⁴/
Tunxi
Xiang Changsha /lan¹³/
Xiangtan /nɔn¹²/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /noŋ¹¹/
Taoyuan /noŋ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /nɔŋ²¹/
Nanning /nɔŋ²¹/
Hong Kong /nɔŋ²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /lɔŋ³⁵/
/nŋ̍³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /nouŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /nɔŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /laŋ⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /ʔdɔŋ³¹/
/lɔŋ³¹/
Rime
Character 囊
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 奴當切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /nɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /nɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /nɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /naŋ/
Li
Rong		 /nɑŋ/
Wang
Li		 /nɑŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /nɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 náng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 囊
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 náng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ nang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*nˤaŋ/
English sack, bag

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 囊
Reading # 1/1
No. 13608
Phonetic
component		 襄
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 囊
Old
Chinese		 /*naːŋ/

Definitions

囊

  1. bag, pocket
  2. to bag up, to cover

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

囊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. bag
  2. purse
  3. sack
  4. put in bag

Readings

Korean

Hanja

囊 • ‎(nang) (hangeul 낭, revised nang, McCune-Reischauer nang)

  1. pocket
  2. bag

Vietnamese

Han character

囊 (nang, nẵng)

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