娘 — Chinese character
娘
niáng
mother; young girl; woman; wife
- Pinyin
- niáng
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 女 良
- Formation
- pictophonetic — woman; meaning component 女; sound component 良
- Japanese
- 娘 as a kanji
Common words with 娘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 姑娘 | gū niang | girl; young woman |
| 新娘 | xīn niáng | bride |
| 娘娘 | niáng niang | queen; empress |
| 老娘 | lǎo niáng | my old mother; I, this old woman |
| 老板娘 (老闆娘) | lǎo bǎn niáng | female proprietor; lady boss |
| 丈母娘 | zhàng mǔ niáng | wife's mother; mother-in-law |
| 娘家 | niáng jiā | wife's family (before marriage) |
| 伴娘 | bàn niáng | bridesmaid; maid of honor |
| 娘子 | niáng zǐ | (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman |
| 婆娘 | pó niang | (dialect) wife; (derog.) woman |
| 大娘 | dà niáng | (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) |
| 师娘 (師娘) | shī niáng | term of respect for a teacher's wife; sorceress |
English words written with 娘
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.