くノ一

Japanese

The order of the three strokes of the kanji 女

女 and くノ一 in Gothic style

Kanji in this term
一
いち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From the three strokes of the kanji 女 (“woman”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くノいち [kùnóꜜìchì] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝno̞it͡ɕi]

Noun

くノ一 (hiragana くのいち, hiragana and katakana くノいち, rōmaji kunoichi)

a kunoichi (female ninja)

See also

忍 (にん)者 (じゃ) (ninja)

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