娘
娘 — Daughter
daughter, girl
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomiむすめ (musume)
Kun’yomiこ (ko)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 娘
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娘 | むすめ musume | daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman) |
| 一人娘 | ひとりむすめ hitorimusume | only daughter |
| 娘婿 | むすめむこ musumemuko | son-in-law |
| 孫娘 | まごむすめ magomusume | granddaughter |
Study notes
娘 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1145 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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