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曩

nǎng

Character

What 曩 means

1. in former times

Characters built on 襄

These share the phonetic component 襄 (xiāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天
• 嚷rǎngto shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth
• 攘rǎng(literary) to push up one's sleeves; (literary) to reject; to resist…
• 穰rángabundant; stalk of grain
• 瓤rángpulp (of fruit); sth inside a covering; bad
• 禳rángsacrifice for avoiding calamity

Sounds the same

Read nǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 攮to fend off; to stab
• 馕to stuff one's face; to eat greedily
• 灢muddy; thick, muddy water