少女
Chinese
young; few; little; lack |
female; woman; daughter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (少女) |
少 | 女 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
少女
Japanese
Etymology 1
少女 (shōjo): a girl holding a puppy.
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 少 | 女 |
| しょう Grade: 2 |
じょ Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi | |
From Middle Chinese compound 少女 (MC ɕiᴇuX|ɕiᴇuH ɳɨʌX|ɳɨʌH). Compare modern Mandarin 少女.
Pronunciation
Noun
少女 (hiragana しょうじょ, rōmaji shōjo, historical hiragana せうぢよ)
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 少 | 女 |
| おと Grade: 2 |
め Grade: 1 |
| kun’yomi | |
From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) + 女 (me, “female, girl”).[2][1] Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning "young boy".
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
少女 (hiragana おとめ, rōmaji otome)
- a young woman, adult but unmarried: a maiden
- a girl
- a female virgin
- (mythology) a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph
- (Shinto) a young woman dancer performing at the 五節 (Gosechi) ceremony in the eleventh lunar month
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 少女さび (おとめさび, otomesabi): behavior appropriate to an adult unmarried woman
- 少女の頭 (おとめのかしら, otome no kashira): alternate term for 萱藻海苔, カヤモノリ (kayamo nori), a type of sea vegetable in order Ectocarpales (syn. Scytosiphonales), of class Phaeophyceae (brown algae), used to make nori
- 少女子 (おとめこ, otomeko): an unmarried young woman; a girl or young woman who dances kagura at a shrine; a miko
- 少女心 (おとめごころ, otomegokoro): a girl's innocence, a girl's sensitive nature
- 少女文楽 (おとめぶんらく, otome bunraku): a kind of one-person puppet show performed by girls or young women
- 少女巫 (おとめみこ, otome miko): a female miko
See also
References
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 少 | 女 |
Noun
少女 • (sonyeo) (hangeul 소녀)
Vietnamese
| Hán tự in this word | |
|---|---|
| 少 | 女 |
Noun
少女
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