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

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): /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ syu¹
  - Yale: néuih syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³ syː⁵⁵/

Proper noun

女書

(historical) Nüshu (syllabic script which was used exclusively among the ethnic Yao women of Jiangyong, Hunan, China)

Descendants

→ English: Nüshu, Nushu, Nyushu, Nü Shu, Nu Shu
→ Japanese: 女書(にょしょ) (Nyosho), 女書(にゅうしゅ) (Nyūshu)
→ Russian: ню̀й-шу́ (njùj-šú), ню̀йшу́ (njùjšú)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Calque of Mandarin 女書／女书 (Nǚshū, literally “women's script”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞ɕo̞]

Proper noun

女(にょ)書(しょ) • (Nyosho)

(historical) Nüshu (syllabic script which was used exclusively among the ethnic Yao women of Jiangyong, Hunan, China)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
女	書
にゅうしゅ
Grade: 1	Grade: 2
irregular

Borrowed from Mandarin 女書／女书 (Nǚshū, literally “women's script”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ɯ̟ᵝːɕɨᵝ]

Proper noun

女書(にゅうしゅ) • (Nyūshu)

Nüshu

See also

女書 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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