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嚢

嚢 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 18 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふくろ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「囊」の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pouch, purse, bag

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ノウ
  • ドウ
Kun (native)
  • ふくろ
Other languages
  • 拼音nang2
  • 拼音nang1
  • 한글nang
  • Hán-ViệtNang

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+56A2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳𰀉㓁⿱𠀎𧘇

Words using this kanji

  • 嚢中のうちゅう袋の中。 財布の中。in a bag or one's purse
  • 嚢胞のうほうcyst
  • 嚢腫のうしゅ分泌腺の腺管が塞がれ内部に分泌された液体がたまる良性腫瘍。cyst
  • 嚢状のうじょう袋のような形状。saclike, saccate, saccular
  • 嚢果のうかcystocarp (in red algae)
  • 嚢胚のうはい動物の発生段階で胞胚のあと原腸が形成される段階の胚。gastrula
  • 嚢胞性のうほうせいcystic
  • 嚢虫症のうちゅうしょうcysticercosis, measles (in cattle, etc.)
  • 嚢状葉のうじょうようascidium, pitcher
  • 嚢中の錐のうちゅうのきり才能ある人は、殊更それを主張しなくても自ずと目立ってくるものであるというたとえ。cream rises to the top
  • 嚢胞性線維症のうほうせいせんいしょうcystic fibrosis, mucoviscidosis

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-7-11
Four Corner
5073.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d19.3
Heisig
2894
Nelson
124