舞子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舞	子
まい Grade: S	こ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 舞 (mai, “dancing”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) まいこ [màíkó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ma̠iko̞]

Alternative forms

舞妓

Noun

舞子 (hiragana まいこ, rōmaji maiko, historical hiragana まひこ)

dancing girl, particularly a maiko

Derived terms

舞子 (まいこ)の浜 (はま) (Maiko no Hama)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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