Readings

On-yomi

Nanori

Pinyin

Korean

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Meanings

stretch, singing girl, geisha, prostitute

Features

  • Stroke count : 7
  • Radical : 38 女

Usage information

  • Grade : hyougaiji

Encodings

  • Unicode : 5993
  • JIS 208 : 21-24

Coding

  • SKIP code : 1-3-4
  • S&H descriptor : 3e4.7
  • Four Corner code : 4444.7

Dictionary entries

Classic Nelson < 1194 >
New Nelson < 1185 >
Heisig < 2199 >
Morohashi < 6083 >

Related words

  • 芸妓 - げいぎ - geisha; ...
  • 歌舞妓 - かぶき - kabuki; Japanese classical drama; ...
  • 歌妓 - かぎ - woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties; ...
  • 絃妓 - げんぎ - geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living; ...
  • 弦妓 - げんぎ - geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living; ...
  • 雛妓 - すうぎ - child geisha; geisha apprentice; ...
  • 芸娼妓 - げいしょうぎ - geisha and prostitutes; ...
  • 芸娼妓解放令 - げいしょうぎかいほうれい - ordinance liberating all geisha and prostitutes (1872); ...
  • 新妓 - しんこ - very young fish (esp. a konoshiro gizzard shad); ...
  • 一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻 - いっとうにひさんしょうしぎごさい - most thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife); ...
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