少女

Chinese
 
young; few; little; lack
 female; woman; daughter
simp. and trad.
(少女)		 少 女

Pronunciation

Noun

少女

  1. young woman; girl

Derived terms
  • 美麗的磨坊少女／美丽的磨坊少女

Japanese

Etymology 1
少女 (shōjo): a girl holding a puppy.
Kanji in this term
少 女
しょう
Grade: 2		 じょ
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 少女 (MC ɕiᴇuX|ɕiᴇuH ɳɨʌX|ɳɨʌH). Compare modern Mandarin 少女 (shàonǚ).

Pronunciation

Noun

少女 (hiragana しょうじょ, rōmaji shōjo, historical hiragana せうぢよ)

  1. a (young, little) girl
  2. (anime, manga) a style of anime and manga made for young women, shojo
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 少女歌劇 (しょうじょかげき) (shōjo kageki): a kind of traditional Japanese light drama with no male actors and mostly young girls playing the parts
  • 少 (しょう)女 (じょ)趣 (しゅ)味 (み) (shōjo shumi): hobbies or interests common to young girls
  • 少女時代 (しょうじょじだい) (shōjo jidai): girlhood, one's girlhood
See also
See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
少 女
おと
Grade: 2		 め
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 乙 (oto, “young, little”) +‎ 女 (me, “female, girl”).[2][1] Compare 男 (otoko, “man”), originally meaning "young boy".

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

少女 (hiragana おとめ, rōmaji otome)

  1. a young woman, adult but unmarried: a maiden
  2. a girl
  3. a female virgin
  4. (mythology) a celestial maiden, a fairy, a nymph
  5. (Shinto) a young woman dancer performing at the 五節 (Gosechi) ceremony in the eleventh lunar month
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 少女 (おとめ)さび (otomesabi): behavior appropriate to an adult unmarried woman
  • 少女 (おとめ)の頭 (かしら) (otome no kashira): alternate term for 萱藻海苔, カヤモノリ (kayamonori), a type of sea vegetable in order Ectocarpales (syn. Scytosiphonales), of class Phaeophyceae (brown algae), used to make nori
  • 少女子 (おとめこ) (otomeko): an unmarried young woman; a girl or young woman who dances kagura at a shrine; a miko
  • 少女心 (おとめごころ) (otomegokoro): a girl's innocence, a girl's sensitive nature
  • 少女文楽 (おとめぶんらく) (otome bunraku): a kind of one-person puppet show performed by girls or young women
  • 少女巫 (おとめみこ) (otome miko): a female miko
See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean
Hanja in this term
少女

Noun

少女 • (sonyeo) (hangeul 소녀)

  1. Hanja form? of 소녀 (“girl”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
少女

Noun

少女

  1. Hán tự form of thiếu nữ (“young woman; girl”).
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