女の子

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

  • 女のコ
  • 女の児

Etymology 1

Compound of 女 (onna, “a woman”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “a child”).

Pronunciation

Noun

女の子 (hiragana おんなのこ, rōmaji onna no ko)

  1. a child that is female; a girl
  2. a woman
Synonyms
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Compound of 女 (me, “a woman; female”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “a child”). Less commonly used than onna no ko.

Pronunciation

Noun

女の子 (hiragana めのこ, rōmaji me no ko)

  1. a child that is female; a girl
  2. a woman
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

  1. 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.