女史

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Chinese

female; woman; daughter
scribe; annalist; record-keeper
scribe; annalist; record-keeper; history
 
trad. (女史)
simp. #(女史)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (12) (21)
Final () (22) (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nrjoX sriX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɳɨʌX/ /ʃɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɳiɔX/ /ʃɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/niɔX/ /ʃieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɳɨə̆X/ /ʂɨX/
Li
Rong
/niɔX/ /ʃiəX/
Wang
Li
/nĭoX/ /ʃĭəX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ni̯woX/ /ʂiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
neoi5 si2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shǐ
Middle
Chinese
‹ nrjoX › ‹ sriX ›
Old
Chinese
/*nraʔ/ /*s-rəʔ/
English female scribe

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 9616 11487
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*naʔ/ /*srɯʔ/

Noun

女史

  1. (historical) a female secretary or attendant of the imperial household (woman in charge of the protocols, literacy, record-keeping, or scribal work, etc.)
  2. (literary) an educated woman; a female scholar
  3. (literary, uncommon) title for woman; Ms.
    Synonym: 女士 (nǚshì)
  4. (historiography, feminism) feminist history; herstory

Proper noun

女史

  1. (Chinese astronomy) 31 Draconis (traditional Chinese name for the star system)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょ
Grade: 1

Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

(じょ)() (joshi

  1. (ancient China) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting. During the Zhou Dynasty, this position was thought to be responsible for protocol and etiquette, changing during the Han Dynasty to handle the records of the inner palace.
  2. (ancient Japan) The title of one type of lady-in-waiting under the Ritsuryō system.
  3. Generic honorific suffix for women: Ms. / Miss / Mrs.

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