女王
Chinese
female; woman; daughter | king; Wang (proper name) | ||
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trad. (女王) | 女 | 王 | |
simp. #(女王) | 女 | 王 | |
anagram | 王女 |
Pronunciation
Noun
女王
- queen regnant; queen
- 南至邪馬壹國,女王之所都,水行十日,陸行一月。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CE
- Nán zhì Yémǎyī guó, nǚwáng zhī suǒdōu, shuǐxíng shírì, lùxíng yīyuè. [Pinyin]
- Then going toward the south, one arrives at the country of Yamatai, where a Queen holds her court. [This journey] takes ten days by water and one month by land.
南至邪马壹国,女王之所都,水行十日,陆行一月。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- women who represents the dead person during a Ryukyuan rite
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 王 |
じょ Grade: 1 |
おう Grade: 1 |
kan’on |
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From Middle Chinese 女王 (nrjoX hjwang, literally “female + king”).
Noun
- (historical) a Japanese prince's unmarried daughter who is descended from the reigning emperor through no more than five generations ("princes" include 親王 (shinnō) or 王 (ō))
- a Japanese prince's unmarried daughter who is descended from the reigning emperor through no more than three generations (thus, the emperor's granddaughter or niece; "princes" only include 親王 (shinnō))
- 典子女王
- Noriko Jōu
- Princess Noriko
- 典子女王
- a queen regnant
- 善徳(女)王
- Zentoku (Jo) ō
- Queen Seondeok
- 女王エリザベス2世
- Jōu Erizabesu Nisei
- Queen Elizabeth II
- アナと雪の女王
- Ana to Yuki no Jōu
- Anna and the Snow Queen
- 女王様とお呼び!
- Jōusama to o yobi!
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- 善徳(女)王
- a queen (reproductive female animal in a hive)
- 女王アリ
- joō ari
- a queen ant
- 女王アリ
See also
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 王 |
じょう Grade: 1 |
おう Grade: 1 |
irregular | on’yomi |
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Alteration of joō.
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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女 | 王 |
にょ Grade: 1 |
おう Grade: 1 |
goon |
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From Middle Chinese 女王 (nrjoX hjwang, literally “female + king”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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