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Woman Daughter B Wearing Grass 嬢 ジョウ むすめ

Kanji
Onyomi ジョウ
Kunyomi むすめ
English lass, girl, Miss, daughter
Examples お嬢さん(おじょうさん): (1) daughter (2) young lady
嬢(じょう): (1) unmarried woman (2) (after a name) Miss (3) (after a line of work) -ess; -ette
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 2059
Components 女: woman; female
襄: rise; raise
Number of Strokes 16
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 38
Radical Strokes 3
Radical Reading おんな・おんなへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword lass
Koohii Story 1 Conversation at a party: A: "Who is that lass?" B: "Which one?" A: "The woman wearing the grass skirt." B: "Alas, I don´t know".
Koohii Story 2 Two Irishmen visit Hawaii and see a woman wearing a grass skirt and nothing else. "That´s some lassie," says one to the other. "But alass Danny Boy, you can´t be bringing her home.".

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_people_general

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