嚢
pouch, purse, bag
Readings
On'yomi
- ノウ
- ドウ
Kun'yomi
- ふくろ
Meaning
嚢 centers on a flexible container for carrying or storing items: a pouch, purse, or bag.
Most common words using 嚢
20 of 83- 胆嚢たんのう
gallbladder; gall bladder
- 嚢胞のうほう
cyst
- 土嚢どのう
sandbag
- 陰嚢ふぐり
scrotum
- あい嚢鈔あいのうしょう
Ainosho (dictionary of Buddhism, first published in 1446)
- じょう嚢じょうのう
citrus fruit segment
- アキレス腱滑液嚢炎アキレスけんかつえきのうえん
achillobursitis
- チョコレート嚢胞チョコレートのうほう
chocolate cyst; ovarian endometrioma
- ボーマン嚢ボーマンのう
Bowman's capsule
- 内膜症性嚢胞ないまくしょうせいのうほう
endometrial cyst; endometrioma; chocolate cyst
- 内衣嚢うちかくし
inside pocket
- 刺胞嚢しほうのう
cnidosac; cnidocystic sac
- 前嚢ぜんのう
anterior capsule (ophthalmology)
- 卵嚢らんのう
egg sac; egg case; ootheca
- 卵形嚢らんけいのう
utriculus; utricle
- 卵黄嚢らんおうのう
yolk sac
- 嗉嚢そのう
bird's crop; bird's craw
- 嚢中のうちゅう
in a bag or one's purse
- 嚢中の錐のうちゅうのきり
cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through)
- 嚢果のうか
cystocarp (in red algae)
Study
Etymology
嚢 is a variant form of 囊, which historically combines 橐 (a bag or sack) with a phonetic element. The modern simplified form 嚢 reduces the inner complexity while retaining the bag-like enclosure.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 亠 and bottom 冖 form a container, while the inner 口 and surrounding strokes suggest something tied or gathered. Picture a drawstring pouch closed at the top and bottom.
Reading mnemonic
For ノウ, imagine a pouch filled with knowledge (知能, ちのう): the ノウ of 知能 cues the reading, and the pouch holds the wisdom.