Mnemonic
Ronaldo scores the winning goal and sprints toward a young woman waving in the front row. He scoops her up, tears streaming — she's his daughter! The whole stadium melts watching Ronaldo cradle her, the proudest father on Earth.
Additional thoughts
Visualize Ronaldo on the pitch lifting his little girl high after a match. The woman radical sits on the left, Ronaldo on the right — a father standing beside his daughter.Quick recall
Ronaldo runs to a young woman in the stands — his beloved daughter.Details
The keyword for 娘 is daughter. This kanji refers to one's own female child, as well as being used more broadly to describe a young woman or girl. It carries a sense of youth and femininity, and in everyday Japanese it is one of the most common ways to refer to someone's daughter or to a young unmarried woman in general.
- On'yomi
- じょう
- Kun'yomi
- むすめ、こ