Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1145 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: daughter, girl

Kunyomi: むすめ

Onyomi: ジョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(むすめ)   daughter, girl

心(むすめごころ)   girlish character

婿(むすめむこ)   son-in-law

(まごむすめ)   granddaughter

箱入り(はこいりむすめ)   girl who has led a sheltered life

Onyomi Examples

ジョウ unmarried woman, Miss, -ess, -ette

ジョウカク daughter nucleus

レイジョウ your daughter, young lady

中国 チュウゴクジョウ Chinese girl

Kunyomi Examples

むすめ daughter, girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

婿 むすめむこ son-in-law

一人 ひとりむすめ only daughter

もらい もらいむすめ adopted daughter

ボクっ ボクっこ young woman who uses the first person pronoun "boku"

ドジっ子 ドジっこ clumsy girl