女子

		female; woman; daughter	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (女子)		女	子
simp. #(女子)		女	子
anagram		子女

女子

1. (formal) woman; female (Classifier: 名 m; 個／个 m)

   畫中女子／画中女子  ―  huà zhōng nǚzǐ  ―  the woman in the painting

   女子籃球／女子篮球  ―  nǚzǐ lánqiú  ―  women's basketball

2. (literary or Wanrong Mandarin, Dungan, Jiangxi Hakka) daughter
3. (literary) virgin girl
4. (Xi'an Mandarin, Waxiang) girl

• (woman):

• (daughter):

• (girl):

• 男子 (nánzǐ)

• 姑娘 (gūniang)
• 女孩 (nǚhái)
• 女士 (nǚshì)
• 女性 (nǚxìng)

Kanji in this term
女	子
じょ Grade: 1	し Grade: 1
kan'on

• (Tokyo) じょし [jóꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ɕi]

女(じょ)子(し) • (joshi) ^{←ぢよし (dyosi)?}

1. girl; woman

• 女(おんな)の子(こ) (onnanoko)

• 男(だん)子(し) (danshi)

• 女(じょ)性(せい) (josei)

Kanji in this term
女	子
め Grade: 1	こ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 女 (me, “woman”) +‎ 子 (ko, “child”).

• 妻子

• IPA^(key): [me̞ko̞]

女(め)子(こ) • (meko) 

1. wife and child
2. wife
3. a female child; girl
4. a woman

• おめこ (omeko)

Kanji in this term
女	子
おみな Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
irregular	kun'yomi

wominago → ominago.

• IPA^(key): [o̞mʲina̠ɡo̞]

女(おみな)子(ご) • (ominago) ^{←をみなご (wominago)?}

1. a female child; a girl

• 女(おんな)子(ご) (onnago), 女(おな)子(ご) (onago)

Kanji in this term
女	子
おんな Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun'yomi

wonnago → onnago. From earlier 女子 (ominago).

• IPA^(key): [õ̞nːa̠ɡo̞]

女(おんな)子(ご) • (onnago) ^{←をんなご (wonnago)?}

1. a female child; a girl
2. a woman

• 女(おな)子(ご) (onago)

Kanji in this term
女	子
おんな > おな Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
irregular	kun'yomi

wonago → onago. From earlier wonnago.

• (Tokyo) おなご [ònágó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞na̠ɡo̞]

女(おな)子(ご) • (onago) ^{←をなご (wonago)?}

1. a female child; a girl
   • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “歓(かん)迎(げい)会(かい)の〝突(つ)き〞の巻(まき) [A "Tsuki" at the Welcome Party]”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) [Musashi’s Sword], volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 110:

     お…おなごじゃあ‼めんごいおなごさおるぞ！

     O…Onago jā‼ Mengoi onago sa oru zo!

     A…A girl!! There’s a cute girl here, y’all!

2. a woman

Hanja in this term
女	子

女子 • (nyeoja) (hangeul 녀자)

1. hanja form^? of 녀자 (“(North Korea) woman; girl”)

女子 • (yeoja) (hangeul 여자)

1. hanja form^? of 여자 (“(South Korea) woman; girl”)

Kanji in this term
女	子
ゐな Grade: 1	ぐ Grade: 1

Alternative spelling
女

Cognate with Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu) and dialectal Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

• IPA^(key): [(ʷ)inaɡu]

女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu) 

1. woman, girl

   一人(ちゅい)女(ゐな)子(ぐ)ん子(ぐゎー)

   chuiwinagungwā

   an only daughter

• 女(ゐな)子(ぐ)しーじゃ (winagushīja)

• “ゐなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “イナグ（いなぐ）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
• “ヲィナグ” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

Kanji in this term
女	子
Grade: 1	Grade: 1

Cognate to Yoron 女子 (ふなぐ, funagu), Okinawan 女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu), Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

• IPA^(key): [wunaɡu], [jinaɡu]

女子(をぅなぐ) or 女子(いぃなぐ) or 女子(ゐなぐ) (ōnagu or yinagu or inagu) 

1. woman, girl

• “をぅなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “いぃなぐ・ゐなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
女	子

女子

1. chữ Hán form of nữ tử (“girl; daughter”)

Kanji in this term
女	子
Grade: 1	Grade: 1

Cognate to Okinawan 女(ゐな)子(ぐ) (winagu), Japanese 女(おな)子(ご) (onago).

• IPA^(key): [ɸunaɡu]

女子(ふなぐ) or 女子(をぅなぐ) (funagu or ōnagu) 

1. girl, woman

• “ふなぐ【女子】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.