海女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	女
あま
Grade: 2	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
海女 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Unknown, but the same as 海人 (ama, “male diver”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん)).

Possibly from Proto-Japonic *amay compare Old Japanese: 雨 (“rain”), 天 (ame₂, ama, “sky”)

Noun

海女(あま) • (ama) 

1. a female diver, especially for shellfish and seaweed

References

• “〈海女〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	女

Noun

海女 • (haenyeo) (hangeul 해녀)

1. hanja form^? of 해녀 (“a female diver; Haenyeo”)