女書

See also: 女书

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	book; letter
trad. (女書)		女	書
simp. (女书)		女	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Nǚshū

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ syu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚshū
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔshu
  - Wade–Giles: Nü³-shu¹
  - Yale: Nyǔ-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neushu
  - Palladius: Нюйшу (Njujšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ syu¹
  - Yale: néuih syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ ʃyː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

女書

Nüshu (a syllabic script created by women in Hunan province, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	書
にょ Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2
goon

女書 (Nyosho): “Nüshu” written in the Nüshu script (right to left).

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 女書／女书 (Nǚshū, literally “woman + writing”), to which the corresponding Japanese readings for each kanji were applied.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞]

Proper noun

女(にょ)書(しょ) • (Nyosho)

Nüshu: a syllabic script created by women in Hunan province, China

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