囊
2 readings · tap one to hear it
sack; purse; pocket (for money)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 22
- Radical
- 口 +19
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 囊
- Common rank
- #1,042
- Unicode
- U+56CA
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 囊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安全气囊 | safety airbag (auto.) | |
| 囊中取物 | as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom); in the bag; (as good as) in one's possessio… | |
| 时间囊 | time capsule | |
| 囊空如洗 | (idiom) penniless; broke | |
| 关节囊 | articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy) | |
| 时空胶囊 | (Tw) time capsule | |
| 时间胶囊 | time capsule | |
| 行囊 | traveling bag; luggage | |
| 气囊 | air sac; aerostat gasbag | |
| 子囊菌 | ascomycete | |
| 受精囊 | seminal receptacle | |
| 布囊 | cloth bag | |
| 探囊取物 | to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie; in the bag | |
| 皮囊 | leather bag | |
| 声囊 | vocal sac; vocal pouch (for vocal amplification in male frogs) | |
| 包囊 | bundle; bag | |
| 解囊 | lit. to loosen one's purse; fig. to give generously to help others | |
| 沙囊 | sandbag; variant of 砂囊[sha1 nang2] | |
| 香囊 | spice bag | |
| 青囊 | medical practice (Chinese medicine) (old) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 襄 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 襄 sound part | to aid, to help, to assist; to undress | |
| 攘 | to usurp, to seize; to repel | |
| 壤 | soil, loam, earth; rich | |
| 镶 | inset, inlay; to set, to mount; to fill | |
| 嚷 | to shout, to roar, to cry; to brawl | |
| 瓤 | flesh, core, pith, pulp | |
| 穰 | stalks of grain; lush, abundant | |
| 骧 | to gallop about with the head uplifted | |
| 蘘 | wild ginger | |
| 曩 | ancient times; former; old |