미소녀

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 美少女, from (beautiful) + 少女 (girl), probably an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 美少女.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmi(ː)sʰo̞ɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?misonyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?misonyeo
McCune–Reischauer?misonyŏ
Yale Romanization?mīsonye

Noun

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미소녀 (misonyeo) (hanja 美少女)

  1. (especially relating to Japan or Japanese media) a beautiful young girl, usually in her teens

Derived terms

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