官女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
官	女
かん Grade: 4	じょ Grade: 1
kan'on

Kanji in this term
官	女
かん Grade: 4	にょ Grade: 1
goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんじょ [káꜜǹjò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

(Tokyo) かんにょ [káꜜǹnyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɲ̟ːo̞]

Noun

官(かん)女(じょ) or 官(かん)女(にょ) • (kanjo or kannyo)

court lady
Synonyms: 女(にょ)官(かん) (nyokan), 宮(きゅう)女(じょ) (kyūjo)

See also

宮(きゅう)中(ちゅう) (kyūchū, “imperial court”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN