| Kanji | 嬢 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 女 |
| Radical Number | 38 |
| Radical Strokes | 3 |
| Radical Reading | おんな・おんなへん |
| Traditional Form | 孃 |
| 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.". |
| RTK Index | 1530 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq2001-2500, kanji_people_general
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