皇女

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 6
じょ
Grade: 1
kan’on

/kwaudʲo//kwɔːd͡ʑo//koːd͡ʑo/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 皇女 (MC hwang nrjoX|nrjoH). First cited to the early 1300s.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(こう)(じょ) (kōjoくわうぢよ (kwaudyo)?

  1. [from early 1300s] an imperial princess of Japan (the Emperor's daughter)

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 6
じょ
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

/waudʲo//wɔːd͡ʑo//oːd͡ʑo/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 皇女 (MC hwang nrjoX|nrjoH).

The mixed use of the goon reading of /oː/ for the first kanji and the kan'on reading of /d͡ʑo/ for the second kanji may indicate a shift within Japanese after borrowing. The first appearance of this reading is unknown, but it would be some time after the appearance of the /koːd͡ʑo/ reading in the early 1300s.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(おう)(じょ) (ōjoわうぢよ (waudyo)?

  1. [from some time after early 1300s] an imperial princess of Japan (the Emperor's daughter)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 皇女”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN