雪女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪	女
ゆき Grade: 2	おんな Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

雪 (yuki, “snow”) +‎ 女 (onna, “woman”).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ゆきおんな [yùkíóꜜǹnà] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝkʲiõ̞nːa̠]

Noun

雪女 (hiragana ゆきおんな, rōmaji yukionna, historical hiragana ゆきをんな)

a yuki-onna

See also

雪男 (yukiotoko)
雨女 (ameonna)
雨男 (ameotoko)
骨女 (honeonna)

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