沙囊 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shānáng

sandbag

shā sand

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

少 Sound Iconic component

shǎo, shao, shào few

少 depicts four small grains of sand.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 8 verified)

莎鲨娑裟挲痧桫鯊

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srae	sˤraj	sand

說文解字

《說文》：“沙，水石也。从水，从少，水少沙見。楚東有沙水。譚長說，沙，或从尐。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

náng, nāng bag

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

Components

橐 Iconic Remnant component

tuó, dù, luò a sack

Depicts a tied bag with a bottom.

襄 Sound Remnant component

xiāng aid

Change in sound

囊 and 襄 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
囊 nang
襄 sjang

Character Evolution

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Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

囔馕攮饢

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	nang	nˤaŋ	sack, bag

說文解字

《說文》：“囊，橐也。从省，襄省聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 裘錫圭 "Chinese Writing" p.240-241李学勤《字源》p.557-558
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

沙 shā sand

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 8 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

囊 náng, nāng bag

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

shā sand

náng, nāng bag