Read Edit View history 娘 niáng HSK3 mother Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound. Simplified form of 孃. Pinyin Separate values with commas niang ×niáng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 娘 Simp strokes 娘 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 娘 Simp strokes 娘 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 娘 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 273, 778 ], [ 297, 761 ], [ 318, 728 ], [ 271, 476 ], [ 220, 291 ], [ 238, 268 ], [ 391, 171 ], [ 404, 157 ], [ 418, 122 ] ], [ [ 372, 523 ], [ 392, 507 ], [ 407, 484 ], [ 371, 311 ], [ 336, 232 ], [ 301, 178 ], [ 247, 126 ], [ 198, 91 ], [ 139, 61 ] ], [ [ 53, 412 ], [ 106, 391 ], [ 168, 414 ], [ 347, 461 ], [ 365, 476 ] ], [ [ 567, 856 ], [ 641, 804 ], [ 660, 788 ], [ 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