嬢

See also: 孃 and 娘

嬢 U+5B22, 嬢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B22 ← 嬡 [U+5B21] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬣 → [U+5B23]

Translingual

Han character

嬢 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金女 (VYCV), composition ⿰女㐮)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 272, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6807
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 2, page 1085, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B22

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 嬢 – see 孃 (“distraught; upset; fat”). (This character is a variant form of 孃).

Japanese

Shinjitai	嬢
Kyūjitai	孃

Alternative forms

• 娘

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 孃 (襄 → 㐮).

Kanji

嬢

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 孃)

1. lass, unmarried woman
2. daughter

Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←にやう (nyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kun: はは (haha, 嬢)、むすめ (musume, 嬢)

Compounds

• お嬢(じょう)さん (ojō-san): daughter (honorific)
• 愛(あい)嬢(じょう) (aijō): beloved daughter

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嬢
じょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
孃 (kyūjitai)

Derived from Middle Chinese 孃 (MC nrjang).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょー [jóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

Noun

嬢(じょう) • (jō) ^{←ぢやう (dyau)?}

1. a daughter (female offspring)
2. a young lady; a mistress; a mademoiselle; a missy
   • 2001 January 23, Masami Kurumada, “黄金(ゴールド)聖衣(クロス)の巻(まき) [Gold Cloths]”, in Saint(セイント)星(セイ)矢(ヤ) [Saint Seiya], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 106:

     お嬢(じょう)さま　ただいま　フィンランドより７つめの聖衣(クロス)がとどきました

     O-jō-sama tadaima Finrando yori nanatsume no Kurosu ga todokimashita

     I’m back, Miss. The 7th Cloth has arrived from Finland.

   • 2002 July 27, Mashiba, Shin, “第(だい)壱(いち)夜(や)　下(クダ)リ階(カイ)段(ダン) [Night 1: Downward Stairway]”, in 夢(ゆめ)喰(くい)見(けん)聞(ぶん) [The Dream-Eating Inspector], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Square Enix, page 24:

     そうですか…夢(ゆめ)と違(ちが)っていたのは僕(ぼく)が人(にん)間(げん)ではなく現(げん)実(じつ)では風(かざ)見(み)鶏(どり)なったという事(こと)だけですね　本(ほん)当(とう)にお嬢(じょう)様(さま)は手(て(・))の(・)届(とど(・))か(・)な(・)い(・)存(そん)在(ざい)でした

     Sō desu ka… Yume to chigatteita no wa boku ga ningen de wa naku genjitsu de wa kazamidori natta to iu koto dake desu ne Hontō ni o-jō-sama wa TE NO TODOKA NAI sonzai deshita

     Is this really… I was a human in my dream, but it turns out I’m really just a weather vane. In actuality, Miss was always somewhere I COULD NEVER REACH.

   • Kore Yamazaki, “第1篇　April showers bring May flowers. [Composition 1: April showers bring May flowers.]”, in 魔法使いの嫁(The Ancient Magus Bride) [The Ancient Magus’ Bride], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 23:

     お嬢(じょう)ちゃん　妖(アタシ)精(たち)見(み)るのは始(はじ)めてじゃないのねン？

     O-jō-chan atashi-tachi miru no wa hajimete ja nai no nen?

     Missy, is this the first time you’ve ever seen our fairy kind-ng?

Korean

Hanja

嬢 (eum 양 (yang))

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