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The Kanji Map

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, こ

Onyomi: ジョウ

Composition: 女 良

娘

Radical

Radical: 女

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Reading: おんなへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

娘(むすめ)   daughter, girl

娘心(むすめごころ)   girlish character

娘婿(むすめむこ)   son-in-law

孫娘(まごむすめ)   granddaughter

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

Onyomi Examples

嬢 (ジョウ) unmarried woman, Miss, -ess, -ette

娘核 (ジョウカク) daughter nucleus

令娘 (レイジョウ) your daughter, young lady

中国娘 (チュウゴクジョウ) Chinese girl

Kunyomi Examples

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

娘婿 (むすめむこ) son-in-law

一人娘 (ひとりむすめ) only daughter

もらい娘 (もらいむすめ) adopted daughter

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

ボクっ娘 (ぼくっこ) young woman who uses the usually male first person pronoun "boku"

ドジっ子 (どじっこ) clumsy girl, clumsy kid

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