姑娘 (gū niang): meaning and stroke order
姑娘 (gū niang) means girl, young woman, young lady, daughter, paternal aunt (old), 个.
姑娘
- Simplified
- 姑娘
- Traditional
- 姑娘 (same form)
- Pinyin
- gū niang
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Stroke order of 姑娘
姑
- gū paternal aunt; husband's sister
- 8 strokes
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娘
- niáng mother; young lady
- niáng variant of 娘[niang2]
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 孃
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Meaning of 姑娘
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gū niang
- girl
- young woman
- young lady
- daughter
- paternal aunt (old)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
Radicals of the characters
- 姑
- Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 8 strokes · 女 on the left, 古 on the right
- 娘
- Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 10 strokes · 女 on the left, 良 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
姑娘 in our stories
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中午，一个美丽的姑娘从水缸里走了出来，开始做饭。
zhōngwǔ yí gè měilì de gūniang cóng shuǐgāng lǐ zǒu le chūlai kāishǐ zuò fàn
At noon a beautiful girl stepped out of the water jar and began to cook.
From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4
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半夜，他被一阵轻轻的脚步声吵醒，一个穿白衣服的姑娘端着一杯茶站在他面前。
bànyè tā bèi yí zhèn qīngqīng de jiǎobùshēng chǎoxǐng yí gè chuān bái yīfu de gūniang duān zhe yì bēi chá zhàn zài tā miànqián
At midnight he was woken by soft footsteps: a girl in white stood before him holding a cup of tea.
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
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孙悟空驾着筋斗云去远处找吃的。他刚走，一个提着饭篮的年轻姑娘就出现在了路上。
Sūn Wùkōng jià zhe jīndǒuyún qù yuǎnchù zhǎo chī de tā gāng zǒu yí gè tí zhe fànlán de niánqīng gūniang jiù chūxiàn zài le lù shàng
Sun Wukong rode his somersault cloud far off to look for food. No sooner had he gone than a young woman carrying a basket of food appeared on the path.
From the story Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6
Stories using 姑娘
- The river-snail girl HSK 4
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- Monkey strikes the White Bone Demon three times HSK 6
- The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).