王女

Chinese

		king; Wang (proper name)	female; woman; daughter
trad. (王女)		王	女
simp. #(王女)		王	女
anagram		女王

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wángnǚ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄩˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wángnǚ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˊ ㄋㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wángnyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wang²-nü³
    • Yale: wáng-nyǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wangneu
    • Palladius: ваннюй (vannjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

王女

1. (archaic) king's lady

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
王	女
おう Grade: 1	じょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​ーじょ [óꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

王(おう)女(じょ) • (ōjo) ^{←わうぢよ (waudyo)?}

1. a princess (king's daughter)
   • 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)２(に)巻(かん)　ねむれる森(もり)の美(び)女(じょ) (世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)２(に)巻(かん)　ねむれる森(もり)の美(び)女(じょ))”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 115:

     このときから、ねむれぬ森(もり)の王(おう)女(じょ)とよばれるようになった。

     Kono toki kara, Nemurenu Mori no Ōjo to yobareru yō ni natta.

     From that day on, she became known as the Sleepless Beauty.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
王	女
おう Grade: 1	にょ Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​ーにょ [óꜜònyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɲ̟o̞]

Noun

王(おう)女(にょ) • (ōnyo) ^{←わうによ (waunyo)?}

1. a princess (king's daughter)

Usage notes

• 王女 refers more specifically to the daughter of a king, as opposed to 王妃 (ōhi, “queen consort”) or 姫 (hime, “female member of royal family; shogun's daughter or consort”). All of those three terms may be translated as "princess" into English.

See also

• 王(おう)子(じ) (ōji, “prince”)
• 女(じょ)王(おう) (jōu, “queen regnant”)