嬢

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See also: 孃 and 娘
嬢 U+5B22, 嬢
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B22
← 嬡
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嬣 →

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

Glyph origin

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

Kanji

嬢

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 孃)

  1. lass, unmarried woman
  2. daughter

Readings

Compounds

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

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(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) (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. [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) (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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