娘
niáng · HSK 7
mother
👩 女 woman + 良 liáng (phonetic) → niáng, a grown woman or mother
The 女 radical marks it as a woman-word; 良 (liáng) is the sound hint that drifted to niáng. Same niáng also means young lady, and colloquially tags something as effeminate.
娘 — woman radical 女 + 良 (good/phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 女 gives the meaning 'woman/female,' while 良 supplies the sound (close to niáng). Originally used for 'young woman' or 'girl,' it later shifted to mean 'mother' in many contexts, and serves as a respectful term for women in compounds like 姑娘.