女書

女書

See also: 女书

Chinese

		female; woman; daughter	book; letter
trad. (女書)		女	書
simp. (女书)		女	书

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Nǚshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁵ syu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nǚshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nyǔshu
    • Wade–Giles: Nü³-shu¹
    • Yale: Nyǔ-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Neushu
    • Palladius: Нюйшу (Njujšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: neoi⁵ syu¹
    • Yale: néuih syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ ʃyː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

女書

1. Nüshu (a syllabic script created by women in Hunan province, China)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
女	書
にょ Grade: 1	しょ Grade: 2
goon

女書 (Nyosho): “Nüshu” written in the Nüshu script (right to left).

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 女書 (Nǚshū, literally “woman + writing”), to which the corresponding Japanese readings for each kanji were applied.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞]

Proper noun

女(にょ)書(しょ) • (Nyosho) 

1. Nüshu: a syllabic script created by women in Hunan province, China