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馕

饢
náng / nǎng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 naan; a round baked flatbread

Examples

HSK 7-9
馕是维吾尔族和哈萨克族的主食。
Náng shì Wéiwú'ěrzú hé Hāsàkèzú de zhǔshí.
Naan is a staple food of the Uyghur and Kazakh peoples.
HSK 7-9
新疆的馕用泥炉烤成，能存放很久。
Xīnjiāng de náng yòng nílú kǎo chéng, néng cúnfàng hěn jiǔ.
Naan from Xinjiang is baked in a clay oven and keeps for a long time.

Tips

culture
馕 is the round wheat flatbread baked on the wall of a clay oven, a daily staple across Xinjiang. A separate reading nǎng means to gorge oneself (see the other entry).

Components

radical
饣 shí
food; eat
饣 is the food radical 食 in left-side form, marking 馕 as something to eat.
phonetic
囊 náng
bag; sack
囊 gives the exact sound náng and carries no meaning in 馕; it is purely the phonetic, which is why the character has so many strokes.

Stroke Order

馕 náng