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])[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

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

(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

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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