魔女

Chinese

		devil	female; woman; daughter
trad. (魔女)		魔	女
simp. ^#(魔女)		魔	女

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mónǚ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄋㄩˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ neoi^5-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mónǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mónyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: mo²-nü³
  - Yale: mwó-nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moneu
  - Palladius: монюй (monjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹ neoi^5-2
  - Yale: mō néui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ noey^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ nêu^5-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

Noun

魔女

A witch; a sorceress.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (魔女):

→ Japanese: 魔女(まじょ) (majo)
→ Korean: 마녀(魔女) (manyeo)
→ Vietnamese: ma nữ (魔女)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
魔	女
ま Grade: S	じょ Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Either an altered reading from older manyo, possibly to distinguish the senses, or a reanalysis of the term, using the more common reading of jo for the 女 kanji.

First attested with this reading in 1910.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まじょ [máꜜjò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ʑo̞]

Noun

魔(ま)女(じょ) • (majo) ^{←まぢよ (madyo)^?}

[from 1910] a witch, a sorceress
- 1999 May 25, “エンジェル・魔(ま)女(じょ) [Angel-Witch]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
  
  天(てん)使(し)になる運(うん)命(めい)を背(せ)負(お)っていたが、あこがれの魔(ま)女(じょ)になった天(てん)使(し)。
  Tenshi ni naru unmei o seotte ita ga, akogare no majo ni natta tenshi.
  An angel who became an aspiring witch even though she was destined to be a full-fledged angel.
- 2012 May 4, “獰(どう)猛(もう)さの勝(しょう)利(り) [Triumph of Ferocity]”, in アヴァシンの帰還 [Avacyn’s Return], Wizards of the Coast:
  
  魔(ま)女(じょ)よ、この呪(のろ)いを解(と)け。でなければ道(みち)連(づ)れにしてやる。
  Majo yo, kono noroi o toke. De nakereba michizure ni shite yaru.
  Witch, rid me of this curse. Or go down with me.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
魔	女
ま Grade: S	にょ Grade: 1
goon

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 魔女 (MC ma nrjoX|nrjoH). First attested in Japanese in 1283.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ma̠ɲ̟o̞]

Noun

魔(ま)女(にょ) • (manyo)

[from 1283] (Buddhism, rare, possibly obsolete) a woman living in the demonic realm; a demonic woman

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “魔女”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
魔	女

Noun

魔女 • (manyeo) (hangeul 마녀)

hanja form^? of 마녀 (“witch; sorceress”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
魔	女

Noun

魔女

chữ Hán form of ma nữ (“female ghost”)

[KDJc-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “魔女”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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