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

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound:

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

囊 (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 鼻 and 囊 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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