女子

See also: 好

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 女 子
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 娘 (12) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 尼吕切 即里切
Baxter nrjoX tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨʌX/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiɔX/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/niɔX/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳɨə̆X/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/niɔX/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/nĭoX/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ni̯woX/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
nǚ zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
neoi5 zi2

Noun

女子

  1. (formal) woman; female (Classifier: 名; 個/个)
    畫中女子/画中女子  ―  huà zhōng nǚzǐ  ―  the woman in the painting
    女子籃球/女子篮球  ―  nǚzǐ lánqiú  ―  women's basketball
  2. (literary or Wanrong Mandarin, Dungan, Jiangxi Hakka) daughter
  3. (literary) virgin girl
  4. (Xi'an Mandarin, Waxiang) girl

Synonyms

  • (woman):
  • (daughter):
  • (girl):

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
女 子
じょ
Grade: 1
し
Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

女(じょ)子(し) • (joshi) ←ぢよし (dyosi)?

  1. girl; woman
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • 女(じょ)子(し)学(がく)生(せい) (joshigakusei, “female student”)
  • 女(じょ)子(し)高(こう) (joshikō, “girls' high school”)
  • 女(じょ)子(し)高(こう)校(こう) (joshikōkō, “girls' high school”)
  • 女(じょ)子(し)生(せい)徒(と) (joshiseito, “school girl”)
  • 女(じょ)子(し)大(だい)学(がく) (joshidaigaku, “women's university”)

Etymology 2

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

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [me̞ko̞]

Noun

女(め)子(こ) • (meko) 

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

Etymology 3

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

wominago → ominago.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o̞mʲina̠ɡo̞]

Noun

女(おみな)子(ご) • (ominago) ←をみなご (wominago)?

  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

  • IPA(key): [õ̞nːa̠ɡo̞]

Noun

女(おんな)子(ご) • (onnago) ←をんなご (wonnago)?

  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
irregular kun’yomi

wonago → onago. From earlier wonnago.

Pronunciation

Noun

女(おな)子(ご) • (onago) ←をなご (wonago)?

  1. a female child; a girl
    • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “歓(かん)迎(げい)会(かい)の〝突(つ)き〞の巻(まき) [A "Tsuki" at the Welcome Party]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:
      お…おなごじゃあ‼めんごいおなごさおるぞ!
      O…Onago jā‼ Mengoi onago sa oru zo!
      A…A girl!! There’s a cute girl here, y’all!
  2. a woman

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
女子

Noun

女子 • (nyeoja) (hangeul 녀자)

  1. Hanja form? of 녀자 (“(North Korea) woman; girl”).

Noun

女子 • (yeoja) (hangeul 여자)

  1. Hanja form? of 여자 (“(South Korea) woman; girl”).

Oki-No-Erabu

Kanji in this term
女 子
Grade: 1 Grade: 1

Etymology

Cognate to Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu), Okinawan 女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu), Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wunaɡu], [jinaɡu]

Noun

女子(をぅなぐ) or 女子(いぃなぐ) or 女子(ゐなぐ) (unagu or yinagu or inagu) 

  1. woman, girl

Derived terms

  • 清ら女子

References

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
女 子
ゐな
Grade: 1
ぐ
Grade: 1
Alternative spelling
女

Etymology

Cognate with Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu) and dialectal Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(ʷ)inaɡu]

Noun

女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu) 

  1. woman, girl
    一人(ちゅい)女(ゐな)子(ぐ)ん子(ぐゎー)
    chuiwinagungwā
    an only daughter

Derived terms

  • 女(ゐな)子(ぐ)しーじゃ (winagushīja)

References

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
女子

Noun

女子

  1. chữ Hán form of nữ tử (“girl; daughter”).

Yoron

Kanji in this term
女 子
Grade: 1 Grade: 1

Etymology

Cognate to Okinawan 女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu), Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸunaɡu]

Noun

女子(ふなぐ) or 女子(をぅなぐ) (funagu or unagu) 

  1. girl, woman

References

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