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娘: daughter, girl

JLPT N310 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 良 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

むすめmusume · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 娘むすめdaughter, girl
  • 娘心むすめごころgirlish character
  • 娘婿むすめむこson-in-law
  • 孫娘まごむすめgranddaughter
  • 箱入り娘はこいりむすめgirl who has led a sheltered life
  • 一人娘ひとりむすめonly daughter

Also read ジョウ, こ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)女 (meaning) + 良 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 娘 (rev. 92459779), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Woman (女) + good (良). A "good woman" of the family—the beloved "daughter" or a young girl full of potential.”
From the 女 woman story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
女

Also built on woman (女)

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良

Also built on good (良)

The 良 family reads ロウ (rou); 娘 is read ジョウ.

Also read ジョウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
娘 daughter · 女
vs浪 wandering · 氵
娘 has 女 where 浪 has 氵.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · niáng

Same form: 娘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
娘 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
娘 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin niáng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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