公女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
公	女
こう Grade: 2	じょ Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

Literary Chinese 公女 (literally “duke's daughter”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーじょ [kóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

公(こう)女(じょ) • (kōjo) ^{←こうぢょ (koudyo)?}

1. (historical) the daughter of a duke in China or Vietnam; compare 王女 (daughter of a king) and 皇女 (daughter of an emperor)

   Antonym: 公子