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娘 means 'daughter'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 612   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Challenge set: 6    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 28    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 50 words   Used in 44 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
Kun
   むすめ daughter
Additional readings
On    ジョウ
Kun    こ
Notes
See how to use 娘 as "daughter" versus as "young woman." Find out what it means when people say "A bug landed on the daughter-in-a-box" or how a young woman can figuratively be a signboard. Learn why the Japanese would write "parent and daughter" in an ateji way, rather than as 親子. See how various performers and manga characters have connections to 娘, as do Amazonian troops!
This is a synopsis of Joy o' Kanji's in-depth essay on 娘
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⿰  女 woman; female  良 good  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 娘 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 娘 is used 45 times, read 3 ways.
ジョウ : 7 words FIND ALL
noun
1. girl; young (unmarried) woman  (archaic)
2. (grown) woman; lady  (this meaning is restricted to reading じょうし)
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むすめ : 31 words FIND ALL
noun
1. (my) daughter
2. girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)  (see also: 子)
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こ : 7 words FIND ALL
mother and daughter; (ateji) parent and child
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Additional data
Henshall: 1846  Joy o' Kanji : 1846  Key to Kanji: 998 

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娘
むすめ daughter   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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