囊

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		囊
alternative forms		嚢 𡄜 𢑿 𣡦 𣡪 嚢 𡄜 𢑿 𣡦 𣡪 𧛦 𣡏 ⿻十口 (second-round simplified)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 囊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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／会意) – 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 an abbreviated form of 襄, with the result that the character is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *naːŋ) : abbreviated semantic 㯻 (“bag”) + abbreviated phonetic 襄 (OC *snaŋ). Etymology best preserved in small seal script form.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 囊

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

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Japanese

Shinjitai	嚢
Kyūjitai	囊

Kanji

囊

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 嚢)

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

Readings

• On (unclassified): のう (nō)
• Kun: ふくろ (fukuro, 囊)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. pocket
2. bag

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 囊 (nang, nẵng)

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References

• Nom Foundation