孃
niáng HSK7

mother

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娘

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 襄 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
襄
襄 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“孃，煩擾也。一曰肥大也。从女，襄聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)