娘

See also: 孃 and 嬢

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

娘 (radical 38 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女戈日女 (VIAV), four-corner 4343₂, composition ⿰女良)

References

• KangXi: page 262, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6304
• Dae Jaweon: page 529, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1054, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5A18

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		娘

Alternative forms

• 孃

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niáng (niang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): ngiòng
• Min Nan (POJ): niâ / niû / liông
• Wu (WT Romanisation): nyan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: niáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: niang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niang
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: noeng⁴
    • Yale: nèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiòng
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ɲi̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niâ / niû / liông
    • Tâi-lô: niâ / niû / liông
    • IPA (Taipei): /nia²³/, /niu²³/, /liɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /nia¹³/, /niu¹³/, /liɔŋ¹³/
  • Note: liông is literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: nyan (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ȵã²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (娘, reconstructed)
Character (娘), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 娘 (12) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 女良切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ɳɨɐŋ/	/ni̯aŋ/	/niaŋ/	/ɳiɐŋ/	/ɳɨaŋ/	/nĭaŋ/	/niɑŋ/

Noun

娘

1. mother; aunt
2. young girl

   姑娘  ―  gūniáng  ―  girl

3. woman
4. wife

Synonyms

• (mother): 母親／母亲, 媽媽／妈妈

Compounds

Derived terms

娘家 娘舅 娘老子 (niáng lǎozi) 娘娘 (niángniāng) 娘亲 娘儿 娘儿们 娘胎 娘姨 娘子 娘子军

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Japanese

Kanji

娘

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: じょう (jō)
• Kun: むすめ (musume)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) むすめ​ [mùsúméꜜ] (Odaka - [o])
• IPA^(key): [mɯᵝsɯᵝme̞]

Noun

娘 (hiragana むすめ, romaji musume)

1. A female child; daughter.

Synonyms

• 娘さん (honorific)
• お嬢さん (honorific)

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Korean

Hanja

娘 (nang) (hangeul 낭, McCune-Reischauer nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

娘 (nương, nàng, nường)

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