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 hwang nrjoX|nrjoH). First cited to the early 1300s.[1]

Pronunciation

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 hwang nrjoX|nrjoH).

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

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

References
  1. “皇女”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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