孃

See also: 嬢 and 娘

孃 U+5B43, 孃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B43 ← 孂 [U+5B42] CJK Unified Ideographs 孄 → [U+5B44]

Translingual

Han character

孃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+17, 20 strokes, Cangjie input 女卜口女 (VYRV), four-corner 4043₂, composition ⿰女襄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 274, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6891
• Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1090, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5B43

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孃
alternative forms		嬢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (襄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
囊	*naːŋ
蠰	*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
曩	*naːŋʔ
灢	*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
儾	*naːŋs
孃	*naŋ, *njaŋ
瓤	*naŋ, *njaŋ
鑲	*naŋ, *njaŋ
釀	*naŋs
瓖	*snaŋ, *snaŋ
驤	*snaŋ
襄	*snaŋ
纕	*snaŋ
忀	*snaŋ
欀	*snaŋ, *njaŋs
饟	*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
攘	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
禳	*njaŋ
穰	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
躟	*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
瀼	*njaŋ
獽	*njaŋ
儴	*njaŋ
蘘	*njaŋ
鬤	*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
勷	*njaŋ
壤	*njaŋʔ
嚷	*njaŋʔ
讓	*njaŋs
懹	*njaŋs
攮	*rnoːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *naŋ, *njaŋ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 襄 (OC *snaŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ráng (rang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ráng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ráng
    • Wade–Giles: jang²
    • Yale: ráng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rang
    • Palladius: жан (žan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɻɑŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyang

Rime
Character	孃
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	汝陽切
Baxter	nyang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiaŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ráng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njaŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	孃
Reading #	2/2
No.	13642
Phonetic component	襄
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	穰
Old Chinese	/*njaŋ/

Definitions

孃

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) distraught; upset
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fat

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 孃 – see 娘 (“mother”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 娘).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00725
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00927-005

Japanese

Shinjitai	嬢
Kyūjitai	孃

Kanji

孃

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 嬢)

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Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←にやう (nyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kun: はは (haha, 孃)、むすめ (musume, 孃)

Korean

Hanja

孃 (eumhun 아가씨 냥 (agassi nyang), word-initial (South Korea) 아가씨 양 (agassi yang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孃: Hán Nôm readings: nương

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