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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 囊
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*naːŋ
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| 蠰
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*naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ
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| 曩
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*naːŋʔ
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| 灢
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*naːŋʔ, *naːŋs
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| 儾
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*naːŋs
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| 孃
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*naŋ, *njaŋ
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| 瓤
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*naŋ, *njaŋ
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| 鑲
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*naŋ, *njaŋ
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| 釀
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*naŋs
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| 瓖
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*snaŋ, *snaŋ
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| 驤
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*snaŋ
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| 襄
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*snaŋ
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| 纕
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*snaŋ
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| 忀
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*snaŋ
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| 欀
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*snaŋ, *njaŋs
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| 饟
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*hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs
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| 攘
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*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs
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| 禳
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*njaŋ
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| 穰
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*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
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| 躟
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*njaŋ, *njaŋʔ
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| 瀼
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*njaŋ
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| 獽
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*njaŋ
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| 儴
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*njaŋ
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| 蘘
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*njaŋ
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| 鬤
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*njaŋ, *rnaːŋ
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| 勷
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*njaŋ
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| 壤
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*njaŋʔ
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| 嚷
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*njaŋʔ
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| 讓
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*njaŋs
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| 懹
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*njaŋs
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| 攮
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*rnoːŋʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *naŋ, *njaŋ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 襄 (OC *snaŋ).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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孃
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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13642
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Phonetic
component
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襄
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Rime
group
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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穰
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Old
Chinese
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/*njaŋ/
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Definitions
孃
- † distraught; upset
- † fat
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 孃 – see 娘 (“mother”).
(This character is a variant traditional form of 娘). |
References
Japanese
Kanji
孃
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 嬢)
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Readings
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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