Kanji Detail for 孃 - "daughter, young woman, miss"

孃

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

孃 means "daughter, young woman, miss."
1. Daughter - A female child.
2. Young woman - A maiden.
3. Miss - A title for unmarried women.
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- Verified meaning: daughter, young woman, miss
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう)
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Name readings of 孃

Given names 孃(じょう)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

girl; Miss; daughter

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

troubled, oppressed; fat; mother

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 娘[niang2]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

troubled, oppressed; fat; mother

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Same as 娘. 爺娘 was anciently written as 耶孃.
Onyomi

joh(ジョウ)
Kunyomi

musume(むすめ)
Strokes

20 strokes
Radical

女 (onna・onnahen)
Related Keywords

daughter young woman miss mother lady maiden female girl unmarried bride matron dame