海女

Japanese
Kanji in this term
海 女
あま
Grade: 2 Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
海女 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Unknown, but the same as 海人 (ama, “male diver”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

海女(あま) • (ama) 

  1. a female diver, especially for shellfish and seaweed

Korean
Hanja in this term
海女

Noun

海女 • (haenyeo) (hangeul 해녀)

  1. Hanja form? of 해녀 (“a female diver; Haenyeo”).
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