娘 – daughter, girl

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1145 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 娘 means daughter, girl. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むすめ、こ (musume, ko). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	むすめ	musume
Kun’yomi	こ	ko

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: 艮・女.

Words using 娘

娘むすめdaughter

Example sentences

彼女は娘の身支度を手伝った。

She aided her daughter in dressing.

Tatoeba #86574

私は若い娘の厚化粧は好まない。

I don't like heavy makeup on a young girl.

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Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙嫌妊妹姉妨

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