# 孃

| 孃 | U+5B43, &#23363; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B43 |
| ← 孂 [U+5B42] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 孄 → [U+5B44] |

## Translingual
### Han character

孃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 女卜口女 (VYRV), four-corner 4043$_2$, composition ⿰女襄)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 274, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6891
* Dae Jaweon: page 542, character 24
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1090, character 14
* Unihan data for U+5B43

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 囊 | *naːŋ |
| 蠰 | *naːŋ, *sraŋ, *hnjaŋs, *njaŋʔ |
| 曩 | *naːŋʔ |
| 灢 | *naːŋʔ, *naːŋs |
| 儾 | *naːŋs |
| 孃 | *naŋ, *njaŋ |
| 瓤 | *naŋ, *njaŋ |
| 鑲 | *naŋ, *njaŋ |
| 釀 | *naŋs |
| 瓖 | *snaŋ, *snaŋ |
| 驤 | *snaŋ |
| 襄 | *snaŋ |
| 纕 | *snaŋ |
| 忀 | *snaŋ |
| 欀 | *snaŋ, *njaŋs |
| 饟 | *hnjaŋ, *hnjaŋʔ, *hnjaŋs |
| 攘 | *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ, *njaŋs |
| 禳 | *njaŋ |
| 穰 | *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ |
| 躟 | *njaŋ, *njaŋʔ |
| 瀼 | *njaŋ |
| 獽 | *njaŋ |
| 儴 | *njaŋ |
| 蘘 | *njaŋ |
| 鬤 | *njaŋ, *rnaːŋ |
| 勷 | *njaŋ |
| 壤 | *njaŋʔ |
| 嚷 | *njaŋʔ |
| 讓 | *njaŋs |
| 懹 | *njaŋs |
| 攮 | *rnoːŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *naŋ, *njaŋ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 襄 (OC *snaŋ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ráng (rang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ráng
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ráng
*** Wade–Giles: jang$^2$
*** Yale: ráng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rang
*** Palladius: жан (žan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑŋ³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: nyang
Rime :
| Character | 孃 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 汝陽切 |
| Baxter | nyang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑiɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ráng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | joeng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*njaŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 孃 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 13642 |
| Phonetic component | 襄 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 穰 |
| Old Chinese | /*njaŋ/ |

#### Definitions

孃
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) distraught; upset
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fat

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 孃 – see 娘 (“mother”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 娘).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00725
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00927-005

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 嬢 |
| Kyūjitai | 孃 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 嬢)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: にょう (nyō)
* Kan-on: じょう (jō)
* Kun: はは (haha, 孃)、むすめ (musume, 孃)

## Korean
### Hanja

孃 (eumhun 아가씨 냥 (agassi nyang), word-initial (South Korea) 아가씨 양 (agassi yang))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

孃: Hán Nôm readings: nương
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