青鞜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	鞜
せい Grade: 1	とう Hyōgaiji
kan’on

Alternative spelling
靑鞜 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

青 (“blue”) +‎ 鞜 (“shoe, boot”), a calque of English bluestocking.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーとー [sèétóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

青(せい)鞜(とう) • (seitō) 

1. bluestocking, a member of the Blue Stockings Society, an 18th century women's social and educational movement
2. Bluestocking, a 20th century feminist literary magazine