遊女

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
遊	女
ゆう Grade: 3	じょ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ゆうじょ [yúꜜùjò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ːʑo̞]

Noun

遊(ゆう)女(じょ) • (yūjo) ^{←いうぢよ (iudyo)?}

1. prostitute

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:娼婦

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
遊	女
あそ(び) Grade: 3	め Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
遊び女

Noun

遊(あそび)女(め) • (asobime) 

1. (archaic) prostitute

References

• “遊女”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025