王女

Japanese

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) おーじょ [óꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑo̞]

王女 (hiragana おうじょ, rōmaji ōjo, historical hiragana わうぢよ)

a princess (king's daughter)
- 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世せ界かい名めい作さく童どう話わ第だい２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), volume 2 (fiction), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 115:
  このときから、ねむれぬ森もりの王女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.

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) おーにょ [óꜜònyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [o̞ːɲ̟o̞]

王女 (hiragana おうにょ, rōmaji ōnyo, historical hiragana わうによ)

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.

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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