• nasal blockage;
  • stuffy nose;
  • to speak with a nasal, congested sound;

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

(비, nose) – semantic component, indicating the nose

(낭, bag, pouch) – phonetic component

Usage in Korean

Meaning: specifically describes the condition of nasal congestion, “stuffy nose.”

Still used in Modern Chinese (Mandarin) with this medical/colloquial meaning.

Additional notes

Rare and complex character, not found in Kangxi Dictionary; considered a relatively modern coinage in Chinese.

Despite its high stroke count (36), the character was not simplified in Chinese, since its components and remain unchanged in the simplified system.

코막힐
komaghil
nang
Kangxi radical:209, + 22
Strokes:36
Unicode:U+9F49
Cangjie input:
  • 竹中十月女 (HLJBV)
Composition:
  • ⿰ 鼻 囊

Neighboring characters in the dictionary

References

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