王女

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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

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

(archaic) king's lady

Japanese

王女 on Japanese Wikipedia

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 (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

王(おう)女(じょ) • (ōjo) ^{←わうぢよ (waudyo)^?}

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) [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 2: Sleeping Beauty]”, 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 (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

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) (joō, “queen regnant”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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