Chinese Character 娘 Meanings and components.

Form

娘

Meaning

娘 meaning[3] in English

Mother.

Young Lady.

(Coll.) Effeminate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 娘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and good (良)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VIAV

How to write 娘

To write娘niang2mother you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 良liang2good arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 良 = 娘

娘 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 娘 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 娘, looks as follow:

娘
Pinyin:niang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mother . Young Lady . (Coll.) Effeminate
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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