鼓鼓囊囊 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gǔgunāngnāng

bulging

gǔ drum

Depicts a drumstick held in the hand (支) beating on a drum (壴).

Components

壴 Iconic component

zhù drum

支 Iconic component

zhī support, hold up

Depicts a hand holding a drumstick.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

鼙瞽臌

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

鼗鼕

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kuX	[k]ˤaʔ	drum (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“鼓，郭也。春分之音，萬物郭皮甲而出，故謂之鼓。从壴。支，象其手擊之也。《周禮》：‘六鼓：靁鼓八面，靈鼓六面，路鼓四面，鼖鼓、皐鼓、晉鼓皆兩面。’，籀文鼓。从古聲。”

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)

鼓 gǔ drum

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 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

gǔ drum

náng, nāng bag