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

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): /ʐɑŋ³⁵/

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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) distraught; upset
(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

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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