 | 娘 | ||
| mother; young girl; woman; wife | |||
| Radical | 女女 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 7 | Total Strokes | 10 |
| Mandarin reading | níang | Cantonese reading | noeng4 |
| Japanese on reading | jou nyou | Japanese kun reading | musume |
| Korean reading | nang | Vietnamese reading | nương |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 孃 | ||
| 娘 | [ níang ] mother, young lady |
| 娘 | [ níang ] mother, troubled |
| ⇒ 大娘 | [ dà níang ] (informal) father's older brother's wife; aunt |
| ⇒ 姑娘 | [ gū niang ] girl |
| ⇒ 紅娘 | [ hóng níang ] matchmaker |
| ⇒ 红娘 | [ hóng níang ] matchmaker |
| ⇒ 老大娘 | [ lǎo dà níang ] aunty, granny |
| ⇒ 新娘 | [ xīn níang ] bride |