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嬢

lass
Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingジョウ
Kun readingむすめ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lassRtK
  2. girl
  3. miss
    彼はブラウン嬢との婚約を発表した。He announced his engagement to Miss Brown.tatoeba
    彼がリー嬢に結婚を申し込んだところ、彼女は承諾した。He proposed to Miss Lee and she accepted.tatoeba
  4. daughter
  1. unmarried woman
  2. -ess
  3. -ette

Homonyms

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Same reading (じょう)
上 · from the standpoint of畳 · tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, eithe…情 · feelings状 · form錠 · lock

Popular Usage

お嬢さん

Radicals and components

Radical女woman
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · grass skirt · top hat (亠) · eight (八) · six (六) · animal legs (儿) · celery · scarf (冂)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1650

Compound words

お嬢さんおじょうさん
(another's) daughter; young lady
令嬢れいじょう
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
鴬嬢うぐいすじょう
female announcer
耶嬢やじょう
father and mother
老嬢ろうじょう
elderly spinster
鶯嬢うぐいすじょう
female announcer
お嬢様おじょうさま
(another's) daughter
ご令嬢ごれいじょう
your daughter
案内嬢あんないじょう
usherette
御嬢様おじょうさま
(another's) daughter
御令嬢ごれいじょう
your daughter
お嬢さまおじょうさま
(another's) daughter
御嬢さんおじょうさん
(another's) daughter

Additional Examples

田中嬢は長年アメリカにいたので英語を話すのが非常にうまい。
Having been in America for many years, Miss Tanaka is a very good speaker of English.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 嬢

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step