What is the Kanji for "Daughter", "Young lady", and "Miss"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Daughter", "Young lady", and "Miss", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Daughter", "Young lady", and "Miss" is "嬢".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Musume".

Its onyomi reading is "Jou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "女" means "Woman" and can be read as "Jo", "Nyo", "Onna", and "Me". And The component "㐮" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "嬢" mean in japanese?

"嬢" means "Daughter", "Young lady", and "Miss".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

お嬢さん: "Young lady". The Japanese noun 'お嬢さん (おじょうさん)' means 'young lady'. This term is used to politely address or refer to a young, unmarried woman, often one of high social status or from a well-to-do family. It conveys a sense of respect and delicacy. For example: Excuse me, young lady - (すみません、お嬢さん)。The young lady ordered tea - (お嬢さんが紅茶を注文しました).

嬢: "Miss". The Japanese noun '嬢 (じょう)' means 'miss'. It is a polite term used to refer to a young woman or girl, often used as a form of address. This word conveys a sense of respect and deference towards the person being referred to. For example: Excuse me miss - (お嬢さん、すみません). I saw a young miss walking down the street - (通りを歩いていた若い嬢を見ました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "じ" is read as "ji". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "む" is read as "mu". The hiragana "す" is read as "su". And The hiragana "め" is read as "me".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.