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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

嬢: lass, girl

Also: Miss, daughter

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 㐮 gives the sound

16 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジョウjou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 嬢じょうunmarried woman
  • お嬢さんおじょうさん(another's) daughter
  • 令嬢れいじょう(your) daughter; young woman

Also read むすめ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
More in 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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㐮

Also built on 㐮

Also read ジョウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
嬢 lass · 女
vs壌 lot · 土
嬢 has 女 where 壌 has 土.
In ChineseSimplified 娘 · traditional 孃 · niáng

Three different forms: Japanese 嬢, simplified 娘, traditional 孃.

Simplified
娘 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
孃 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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