嬢

嬢 (radical 38, 女+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女卜金女 (VYCV), composition ⿰女㐮)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 272, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6807
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 2, page 1085, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B22

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

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

1. lass, unmarried woman
2. daughter

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←にやう (nyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)^{←ぢやう (dyau, historical)}
• Kun: はは (haha, 嬢); むすめ (musume, 嬢)

• お嬢 (じょう)さん (ojōsan): daughter (honorific)
• 愛嬢 (あいじょう) (aijō): beloved daughter

• 娘

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) じょ​ー [jóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ː]

嬢 (hiragana じょう, rōmaji jō, historical hiragana ぢやう)

1. a daughter (female offspring)
2. a young lady; a mistress; a mademoiselle; a missy
   • 2001 January 23, Kurumada, Masami, “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 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 [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.

   • Yamazaki, Kore, “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 [The Ancient Magus’ Bride], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, page 23:

     お嬢 (じょう)ちゃん　妖精 (アタシたち)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?

嬢 • (yang) (hangeul 양, revised yang, McCune–Reischauer yang)

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