嬢

• 読み: じょう
• ローマ字: jou
• 漢字の分解: 嬢 (jō) — daughter, young woman
• 発音: /d͡ʑoː/

意味

Daughter (humble); young lady. A respectful or humble term for a daughter or young woman.

Used as a suffix or standalone noun. As お嬢さん (ojousan), it is a polite way to refer to someone else's daughter or a young woman. As 令嬢 (reijou), it refers to a daughter of a distinguished family. In modern usage, 嬢 also appears in compound words in service industries. The standalone form is relatively formal.

例文

1. お嬢さんはおいくつですか。
2. 田中さんのお嬢さんは大学生です。
3. 社長の令嬢がパーティーに来ました。

使い方ガイド

場面: family, polite conversation, honorific speech

トーン: respectful

起源と歴史

From the kanji 嬢, which combines 女 (woman) and 襄 (assist/rise). Originally used in Chinese to mean a young woman or daughter, adopted into Japanese with similar meaning.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Upper class