Word details

少女

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 少女.

Dictionary

Entry

少女ょうじょ小女NounFreq #1306
1

girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady

2

Archaic

female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

few, little

4 strokesFrequency 287JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショウ

Kun

すく.ないすこ.し

woman, female

3 strokesFrequency 151JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジョニョニョウ

Kun

おんな

Nanori

おなつき

little, small

3 strokesFrequency 114JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ショウ

Kun

ちい.さいこ-お-さ-

Nanori

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

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