王女

Japanese

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) おーじょ [óꜜòjò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [o̞ːʑo̞]

王女 (hiragana おうじょ, rōmaji ōjo, historical hiragana わうぢよ)

a princess (king's daughter)
- 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世せ界かい名めい作さく童どう話わ第だい２巻かん　ねむれる森もりの美び女じょ [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 2: Sleeping Beauty]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 115:
  このときから、ねむれぬ森 (もり)の王女とよばれるようになった。
  Kono toki kara, Nemurenu Mori no Ōjo to yobareru yō ni natta.
  From that day on, she became known as the Sleepless Beauty.

From Middle Chinese 王女 (hjwang nrjo^X, literally “king + female”). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) おーにょ [óꜜònyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [o̞ːɲ̟o̞]

王女 (hiragana おうにょ, rōmaji ōnyo, historical hiragana わうによ)

王女 refers more specifically to the daughter of a king, as opposed to 王妃 (ōhi, “princess consort”) or 姫 (hime, “female member of royal family; shogun's daughter or consort”). All of those three terms may be translated as "princess" into English.

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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