미소녀

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 美少女, from 美 (“beautiful”) + 少女 (“girl”), probably an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 美少女.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmi(ː)sʰo̞ɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [미(ː)소녀]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?misonyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?misonyeo
McCune–Reischauer?misonyŏ
Yale Romanization?mīsonye

Noun

미소녀 • (misonyeo) (hanja 美少女)

  1. (especially relating to Japan or Japanese media) a beautiful young girl, usually in her teens

Derived terms
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