niáng

mother

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

襄 sound component

  Sound component

xiāng

  

aid

Evolution

孃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

niáng

troubled, oppressed; fat; mother

() 

niáng

variant of [niáng]

Most common words with 孃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

姑娘

girl

mother

新娘

bride

老娘

my old mother

伴娘

bridesmaid