CHINESE CHARACTER

娘 (niáng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

niáng

mother; young girl; woman; wife

HSK 410 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

女

Primary radical

女 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 娘.

良

Phonetic component

良 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 10

Write 娘 in 10 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 娘

姑娘gūniang

HSK 4 · girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old)

新娘xīnniáng

HSK 5 · bride

娘niáng

HSK 7-9 · mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate

Examples using 娘

姑娘

你们这些姑娘在做甚么？

Nǐ men zhè xiē gū niáng zài zuò shèn me？

What are you girls doing?

新娘

新娘好像非常漂亮。

Xīn niáng hǎo xiàng fēi cháng piào liang。

The bride seems to be very pretty.

FAQ

What does 娘 (niáng) mean in Chinese?

mother; young girl; woman; wife

How do you write 娘 in stroke order?

娘 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 娘?

女 is the radical in 娘. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 娘?

姑娘 (gūniang): girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); 新娘 (xīnniáng): bride; 娘 (niáng): mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate.