公女

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Japanese[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

Literary Chinese 公女 (literally duke's daughter)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(こう)(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

References[edit]

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