女の子

See also: 女ぬ子

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
おんな
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
女の児
女のコ

Compound of (onna, a woman; female) +‎ (no, appositional particle) +‎ (ko, a child).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んなのこ [òńnáꜜnòkò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [õ̞nːa̠no̞ko̞]

Noun

(おんな)() • (onnanokoをんなのこ (wonnanoko)?

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of (me, a woman; female) +‎ (no, appositional particle) +‎ (ko, a child).[1][2]

Less commonly used than onnanoko above.

Pronunciation

Noun

()() • (menoko

  1. (archaic) a child that is female: a girl
  2. (archaic) a woman
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN