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)?

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

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

Noun

女(め)の子(こ) • (menoko) 

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

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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