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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- niang2
- English meanings
- mother, young lady, (coll.) effeminate, variant of 娘[niang2]
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 女; right 良.
Meaning & sound clues
女 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “woman”.
良 is identified as the sound component (liáng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 娘.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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- 姑娘
- 新娘