童女

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Chinese

boy; child; children female; woman; daughter
trad. (童女)
simp. #(童女)
anagram 女童

Pronunciation


Noun

童女

  1. girl (female child)
  2. female virgin
    聰明童女愚拙童女 [MSC, trad.]
    聪明童女愚拙童女 [MSC, simp.]
    cōngmíng tóngnǚ, yúzhuō tóngnǚ
    wise virgins, foolish virgins

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 3
にょ
Grade: 1
kan'yōon goon
Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 3
じょ
Grade: 1
kan'yōon kan'on

Chinese 童女 (tóngnǚ)

Pronunciation

Noun

(どう)(じょ) (dōjoどうぢょ (doudyo)?
(どう)(にょ) (dōnyo

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, young girl)
    Antonym: 童男 (dōnan)
    Hypernym: 童子 (dōjo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
わらわ
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

(child) +‎ (female)

Noun

(わらわ)() (warawameわらはめ (warafame)?

  1. (archaic) Synonym of 少女 (shōjo, young girl)