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女子

女子

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Chinese

female; woman; daughter
 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad.
(女子) 		女 子
anagram 子女

Noun

女子

  1. (formal) woman; female

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
女 子
じょ
Grade: 1 		し
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana じょし, romaji joshi, historical hiragana ぢよし)

  1. girl; woman
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • 女子学生 (じょしがくせい) ‎(joshigakusei, “female student”)
  • 女子高 (じょしこう) ‎(joshikō, “girls' high school”)
  • 女子高校 (じょしこうこう) ‎(joshikōkō, “girls' high school”)
  • 女子高校生 (じょしこうこうせい) ‎(joshikōkōsei, “high school girl”)
  • 女子生徒 (じょしせいと) ‎(joshiseito, “school girl”)
  • 女子大学 (じょしだいがく) ‎(joshidaigaku, “women's university”)
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
女 子
め
Grade: 1 		こ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 女 ‎(me, “woman”) +‎ 子 ‎(ko, “child”).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana めこ, romaji meko)

  1. wife and child
  2. wife
  3. a female child; girl
  4. a woman

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
女 子
おみな
Grade: 1 		こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

wominago → ominago.

Pronunciation

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana おみなご, romaji ominago, historical hiragana をみなご)

  1. a female child; a girl
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
女 子
おんな
Grade: 1 		こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

wonnago → onnago. From earlier 女子 ‎(ominago).

Pronunciation

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana おんなご, romaji onnago, historical hiragana をんなご)

  1. a female child; a girl
  2. a woman
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
女 子
おんな > おな
Grade: 1 		こ > ご
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

wonago → onago. From earlier wonnago.

Pronunciation

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana おなご, romaji onago, historical hiragana をなご)

  1. a female child; a girl
  2. a woman

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
女 子

Hanja

女子 • ‎(yeoja) (hangeul 여자, revised yeoja)

  1. Hanja form? of 여자, “girl”.

Oki-No-Erabu

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana をぅなぐ, romaji wunagu, hiragana いぃなぐ, romaji yinagu)

  1. woman

Derived terms

  • 清ら女子 ‎(ちゅらうなぐ, chura unagu, “beautiful woman”)

Okinawan

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana ゐなぐ, romaji winagu)

  1. woman

Derived terms

  • 女子しーじゃ ‎(ゐなぐしーじゃ, winagu shīja, “older sister”)

Yoron

Noun

女子 ‎(hiragana ふなぐ, romaji funagu, hiragana をぅなぐ, romaji wunagu)

  1. woman

Pronunciation

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