皇女

皇女

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
皇	女
こう Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 1
kan’on

/kwaudʲo/ → /kwɔːd͡ʑo/ → /koːd͡ʑo/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 皇女 (MC ɦwɑŋ ɳɨʌ^X|ɳɨʌ^H). First cited to the early 1300s.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーじょ [kóꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

皇(こう)女(じょ) • (kōjo) ^{←くわうぢよ (kwaudyo)?}

1. [from early 1300s] an imperial princess of Japan (the Emperor's daughter)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
皇	女
おう Grade: 6	じょ Grade: 1
goon	kan’on

/waudʲo/ → /wɔːd͡ʑo/ → /oːd͡ʑo/

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 皇女 (MC ɦwɑŋ ɳɨʌ^X|ɳɨʌ^H).

The mixed use of the goon reading of /oː/ for the first kanji and the kan'on reading of /d͡ʑo/ for the second kanji may indicate a shift within Japanese after borrowing. The first appearance of this reading is unknown, but it would be some time after the appearance of the /koːd͡ʑo/ reading in the early 1300s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​ーじょ [óꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑo̞]

Noun

皇(おう)女(じょ) • (ōjo) ^{←わうぢよ (waudyo)?}

1. [from some time after early 1300s] an imperial princess of Japan (the Emperor's daughter)

See also

• 皇(こう)子(し) (kōshi)

References

1. “皇女”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN