烈女

Chinese

 
ardent; intense; split; crack; rend
 female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad.
(烈女)		 烈 女

Pronunciation

Noun

烈女

  1. heroine, female martyr
  2. (neo-Confucianism) a woman who commits suicide after her husband or fiancé's death rather than remarry, or who dies preserving her chastity

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烈 女
れつ
Grade: S		 じょ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

烈女 (hiragana れつじょ, rōmaji retsujo)

  1. faithful woman with a strong will
    • 1920, 菊池寛, 真珠夫人:
      瑠 (る)璃 (り)子 (こ)は、昂 (こう)然 (ぜん)と現代 (げんだい)の烈女 (れつじょ)と云 (い)つてもいゝやうに、美 (うつく)しく勇 (いさ)ましかつた。
      Ruriko wa, kōzen to gendai no retsujo to itte mo ii yō ni, utsukushiku isamashikatta.
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