嚢 (náng) - Bag, sack, pouch & a container made of soft material for holding

嚢Tone 2

náng ｜ 18 strokes ｜ radical:

楠念

嚢 · náng

Bag, sack, pouch;

a container made of soft material for holding items.

Bag, sack, poucha container made of soft material for holding

Usage highlights

BagSmall pouchLeather bagTool bagMedicine capsuleSeed capsule

Synonyms

  • 袋— bag, sack
  • 包— package, bundle

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He carried his belongings in a bag (嚢).
  • The medicine comes in a capsule (カプセル).
  • She stored the documents in a pouch (小嚢).
  • The tool is kept in a leather bag (革嚢).

Collocations

  • Bag(嚢)
  • Small pouch(小嚢)
  • Leather bag(革嚢)
  • Tool bag(工具嚢)
  • Medicine capsule(薬嚢)
  • Seed capsule(種子嚢)

Idioms

  • Probe a bag to find out what's inside(探嚢取物)
  • Empty the bag and turn it inside out(嚢を空けて裏返す)
  • Treasure bag(宝嚢)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • The character 嚢 is primarily used in Japanese (where it's a variant of 囊) and rarely in modern Chinese.
  • In Japanese, it appears in compound words related to containers, bags, and biological structures like capsules or sacs.
  • The character's structure represents a bag or pouch with items inside, reflecting its meaning.

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