少女

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 少 女
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 娘 (12)
Final (韻) 宵 (91) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 失照切 尼吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiᴇuH/ /ɳɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕiɛuH/ /ɳiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕjæuH/ /niɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕiawH/ /ɳɨə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiɛuH/ /niɔX/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭɛuH/ /nĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ɛuH/ /ni̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shào nǚ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 siu3 neoi5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 少 女
Reading # 2/2 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shào nǚ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syewH › ‹ nrjoX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s-t]ewʔ-s/ /*nraʔ/
English young female

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 少 女
Reading # 2/2 1/2
No. 13708 9616
Phonetic
component		 小 女
Rime
group		 宵 魚
Rime
subdivision		 2 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 少
Old
Chinese		 /*hmjews/ /*naʔ/

Noun

少女

  1. young woman; girl
  2. (Classical Chinese) youngest daughter

Synonyms
  • (young woman): 女郎 (nǚláng)

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (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(しょう)女(じょ) • (shōjo) ←せうぢよ (seudyo)?

    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
    • 少女趣味(しょうじょしゅみ) (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(おと)女(め) • (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 term
      少女

      Noun

      少女

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