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U+56CA, 囊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56CA

[U+56C9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+56CB]

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • 𡄜
  • 𢑿
  • 𣡦
  • 𣡪
  • 𧛦
  • 𣡏

Han character

(radical 30 +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.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*naːŋ
*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
*naːŋʔ
*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
*naːŋs
*naŋ, *njaŋ
*naŋ, *njaŋ
*naŋ, *njaŋ
*naŋs
*snaŋ, *snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ
*snaŋ, *njaŋs
*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
*njaŋ
*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
*njaŋ
*njaŋʔ
*njaŋʔ
*njaŋs
*njaŋs
*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 . Etymology best preserved in small seal script form.

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (8)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 13608
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*naːŋ/

Definitions

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

Compounds


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(nang) (hangeul , revised nang, McCune-Reischauer nang)

  1. pocket
  2. bag

Vietnamese

Han character

(nang, nẵng)

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References