王女

王女

1. (archaic) king's lady

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

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

王(おう)女(じょ) • (ōjo) ^{←わうぢよ (waudyo)?}

1. 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(に)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), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 115:

     このときから、ねむれぬ森(もり)の王(おう)女(じょ)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.

• (Tokyo) お​ーにょ [óꜜònyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɲ̟o̞]

王(おう)女(にょ) • (ōnyo) ^{←わうによ (waunyo)?}

1. a princess (king's daughter)

• 王女 refers more specifically to the daughter of a king, as opposed to 王妃 (ōhi, “queen 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.

• 王(おう)子(じ) (ōji, “prince”)
• 女(じょ)王(おう) (joō, “queen regnant”)