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Translingual
Han character
曩 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+17, 21 strokes, cangjie input 日卜口女 (AYRV), four-corner 60732, composition ⿱日襄)
- in ancient times, of old, former
Derived characters
- 𭍈, 𡔒, 𭒴, 㶞, 𱮱, 𣌝, 𣡤, 𤓢, 𨰴, 𩟻, 𨤼, 𱿉, 𥸒
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 501, character 37
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14258
- Dae Jaweon: page 872, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1542, character 4
- Unihan data for U+66E9
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 囊
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*naːŋ
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| 蠰
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*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
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| 曩
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*naːŋʔ
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| 灢
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*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
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| 儾
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*naːŋs
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| 孃
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*naŋ, *njaŋ
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| 瓤
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*naŋ, *njaŋ
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| 鑲
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*naŋ, *njaŋ
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| 釀
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*naŋs
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| 瓖
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*snaŋ, *snaŋ
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| 驤
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*snaŋ
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| 襄
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*snaŋ
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| 纕
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*snaŋ
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| 忀
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*snaŋ
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| 欀
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*snaŋ, *njaŋs
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| 饟
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*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
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| 攘
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*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
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| 禳
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*njaŋ
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| 穰
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*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
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| 躟
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*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
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| 瀼
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*njaŋ
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| 獽
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*njaŋ
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| 儴
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*njaŋ
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| 蘘
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*njaŋ
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| 鬤
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*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
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| 勷
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*njaŋ
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| 壤
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*njaŋʔ
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| 嚷
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*njaŋʔ
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| 讓
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*njaŋs
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| 懹
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*njaŋs
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| 攮
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*rnoːŋʔ
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Etymology
Cognate with Tibetan གནའ་བོ (gna' bo, “ancient; in old times”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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曩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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nǎng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ nangX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*nˁaŋʔ/
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| English
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in past times
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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曩
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13610
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Phonetic
component
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襄
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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曩
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Old
Chinese
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/*naːŋʔ/
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Definitions
曩
- previously; in the past
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
曩
(Hyōgai kanji)
- before, former, previous
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
曩 (eum 낭 (nang))
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Vietnamese
Han character
曩: Hán Nôm readings: nẵng, nán
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