囊
nángnāng HSK7

bag

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

Components

橐
橐 IconicRemnant component

Depicts a tied bag with a bottom.

襄
襄 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnangnˤaŋ 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)