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嬢 means 'lass'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1447   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-22    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 26 words   Used in 13 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
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   ジョウ
Kun    むすめ lass, girl, Miss, daughter
  
⿰   woman; female   six lots of clothes together  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 嬢 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 嬢 is used 24 times, read 2 ways.
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ジョウ : 23 words FIND ALL
1
Most common form:
noun
1. unmarried woman
noun (suffix)
2. Miss  (after a name)
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むすめ : 1 word FIND ALL
4
Most common form: 娘細胞
noun
daughter cell
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An additional 2 less common words include 嬢 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1422  Joy o' Kanji : 1422  Key to Kanji:

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ジョウ    lass   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
six lots of clothes together   
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ロク   むっ six   む    むい    む    
イ   ころも clothes   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
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