馕坑
náng​kēng

tandoor

馕 náng, nǎng bread (Persian 'naan') Simplified

Simplified form of 饢. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 囊 represents the sound.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食。

囊
囊 Sound component
náng, nāng bag

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

坑 kēng pit

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 阬.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰraːŋ
Unicodekæng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

饢 bread (Persian 'naan') Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 囊 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

food

囊
囊 Sound component
náng, nāng bag

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode