Chinese Character Wiki

囊

náng

bag

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

gate

襄 sound component

襄  Sound 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。”


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