Hanja Analyzer
孃

孃 — yang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아가씨 양
Romanization
yang
English
troubled, oppressed; fat; mother
Mandarin
niáng
Japanese on'yomi
ジョウ, ニョウ, ドウ
Japanese kun'yomi
むすめ
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
嬢 (Secondary (Jōyō))
Strokes
20
Radical
女 (38, 17 residual)
Phonetic component
襄(양)
Unicode
U+5B43

Parts that make up 孃

  • 女 계집 녀 팔을 모으고 꿇어앉은 여자여자와 집안의 관계
  • 襄 도울 양sound 옷을 벗는 사람에 손과 옷을 더한 모양‘양·낭·상’ 계열의 소리

How 孃 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 孃 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 襄.

Korean example words with 孃

  • 영양令孃 Korean gloss: 윗사람의 딸을 높여 이르는 말
  • 안내양案內孃 Korean gloss: 손님을 안내하는 젊은 여성
  • 교환양交換孃 Korean gloss: 전화 교환소 따위에서, 전화 교환을 맡아보는 여성을 이르는 말
  • 야양野孃 Korean gloss: 시골 처녀.
  • 노양老孃 Korean gloss: 혼인할 시기를 넘긴 나이 많은 여자.
  • 영양문학令孃文學 Korean gloss: 글재주 있는 처녀가 지은 소설이나 시 따위를 통틀어 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 襄

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “양” in Korean.

儴 勷 嚷 壤 攘 曩 瀼 禳 穰 蘘 讓 釀 鑲 饟 驤

Other hanja read “양”

佯 勷 嚷 壌 壤 嬢 徉 恙 揚 攘 敭 昜 暘 楊 様 樣 洋 漾 瀁 瀼 烊 煬 痒 瘍 癢 眻 禳 穰 羊 蘘 襄 讓 輰 釀 鍚 鑲 陽 颺 養 饟 驤

Other hanja with radical 女

女 奴 奶 奸 好 妁 如 妃 妄 妊 妍 妑 妒 妓 妖 妗 妙 妝 妣 妥 妧 妨 妬 妯 妲 妵 妹 妻 妾 姃 姆 姈 姉 始 姍 姐 姑 姒 姓 委 姗 姙 姚 姜 姝 姞 姢 姣 姤 姥 姦 姨 姪 姫 姬 姮 姸 姺 姻 姿

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