Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Niang Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 274, Entry 07 Pronounced rang. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to annoy or trouble. Another source describes it as being fat or large. It is also pronounced nang. It is also pronounced rang. The meaning remains the same. It is also equivalent to the character niang (mother/lady). It is written in the Ancient Music Bureau (Gu Yuefu) poems: One does not hear the sounds of mothers and fathers weeping for their children.