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嬢 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 嬢 意味

lass, girl, Miss, daughter

嬢 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

むすめ musume

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ジョウ jou

Examples

田中嬢は長年アメリカにいたので英語を話すのが非常にうまい。Having been in America for many years, Miss Tanaka is a very good speaker of English.
彼はブラウン嬢との婚約を発表した。He announced his engagement to Miss Brown.
彼がリー嬢に結婚を申し込んだところ、彼女は承諾した。He proposed to Miss Lee and she accepted.
ニコラス嬢は8時間58分かけて英国側のドーバーからフランスに向かって泳ぎ、次に向きを変えて英国へ戻ってきた。Miss Nicholas swam from Dover on the English side to France in 8 hours and 58 minutes, then turned around and returned to England.

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