嬢
嬢 — Lass
lass, girl, Miss, daughter
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomiむすめ (musume)
Stroke order (16 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 嬢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お嬢さん | おじょうさん ojousan | (another's) daughter; young lady |
| 嬢 | じょう jou | unmarried woman; Miss; -ess |
| 令嬢 | れいじょう reijou | (your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family |
Study notes
嬢 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2059 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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