女の子

See also: 女ぬ子

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spellings
女の児女のコ

Compound of 女 (onna, “a woman; female”) +‎ の (no, appositional particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “a child”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

女(おんな)の子(こ) • (onnanoko) ^{←をんなのこ (wonnanoko)^?}

a child that is female: a girl
a woman

Synonyms

Antonyms

男(おとこ)の子(こ) (otokonoko)

Related terms

男(おとこ)の娘(こ) (otokonoko)

Etymology 2

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

Compound of 女 (me, “a woman; female”) +‎ の (no, appositional particle) +‎ 子 (ko, “a child”).^[1]^[2]

Less commonly used than onnanoko above.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めのこ [méꜜnòkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [me̞no̞ko̞]

Noun

女(め)の子(こ) • (menoko)

(archaic) a child that is female: a girl
(archaic) a woman

Synonyms

女性(じょせい) (josei)

Antonyms

男(お)の子(こ) (onoko)

References

↑ ^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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^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

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