曩

曩 · nǎng

in ancient times, of old, former

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
nǎng
Cantonese
nong5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

in ancient times, of old, former

Dictionary definitions & readings

曩 nǎng · in former times

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21542.040:nǎng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0818.110:nǎng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
262.140:nǎng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
nǎng粵nong5 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ドウ ノウ さき さきに Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
낭:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
nán Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
奴朗 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
AYRV Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6073.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0501.370 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
314.06 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0730k Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+66E9
Radical
日 · 72
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6453

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

21 strokes
曩
Strokes
21
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

21 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
nangX · 奴朗 · 宕開一上唐泥 · #1837

PHONO-ML, source line 11718; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
648.207
kDaeJaweon
0872.110
kFennIndex
356.08
kGSR
0730k
kHanYu
21542.040
kIRGDaeJaweon
0872.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21542.040
kIRGKangXi
0501.370
kKangXi
0501.370
kMatthews
4633
kMeyerWempe
2119a
kMorohashi
14258
kNelson
2167
kSBGY
314.06
kSMSZD2003Index
297.04
kCangjie
AYRV
kFenn
369I
kFourCornerCode
6073.2
kMojiJoho
MJ013471
kPhonetic
1160
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJ
kIRG_GSource
G0-6A59
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C4E4
kIRG_JSource
J0-5B28
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4A12
kIRG_KSource
K1-5C37
kIRG_TSource
T1-7A6F
kIRG_VSource
V1-5872
kRSUnicode
72.17
kTotalStrokes
21
kBigFive
C4E4
kCCCII
22397C
kCNS1986
1-7A6F
kCNS1992
1-7A6F
kEACC
22397C
kGB0
7457
kGB1
7457
kJis0
5908
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2571
kTGH
2013:6453
kTaiwanTelegraph
2571
kXerox
263:144
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5131+72.4.17
kCantonese
nong5
kDefinition
in ancient times, of old, former
kFanqie
奴朗
kHangul
낭:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21542.040:nǎng
kJapanese
ドウ ノウ さき さきに
kJapaneseKun
SAKI SAKINI
kJapaneseOn
DOU NOU
kKorean
NANG
kMandarin
nǎng
kSMSZD2003Readings
nǎng粵nong5
kTGHZ2013
262.140:nǎng
kVietnamese
nán
kXHC1983
0818.110:nǎng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 曩0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
日 above 襄 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱日襄$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱日襄$(GHTJKPV)

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