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)

1. mother
2. young girl
3. woman
4. wife

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

娘 (Yale neung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

娘 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょう (jō)
• Kun: むすめ (musume)

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• Standard Accent: むすめ​ (Odaka)

Noun

娘 (hiragana むすめ, romaji musume)

1. A female child; daughter.

Synonyms

• 娘さん (polite)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

娘 (pinyin niáng (niang2), Wade-Giles niang²)

Noun

娘

1. mother, aunt

Compounds

• 娘家
• 娘舅
• 娘老子
• 娘娘
• 娘亲
• 娘儿
• 娘儿们
• 娘胎
• 娘姨
• 娘子
• 娘子军

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Vietnamese

Han character

娘 (nương, nàng, nường)