Origin

The character 嬢 combines the radical for "woman" on the left with a sound component on the right that hints at the pronunciation "jou." The woman radical tells you this character refers to a female person, specifically a young woman or girl. The right side doesn't add meaning but rather signals roughly how the character should be pronounced in Chinese-derived readings. Together, these parts create a character that means a young female, like a daughter or young lady.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).