女の子

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 小さい女の子がお花を持っています。▶ —
   A little girl is holding flowers.
2. 女の子の名前を考えています。▶ —
   I'm thinking of a name for a baby girl.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Onna-no-ko (女の子) pairs with otoko-no-ko — 女 (onna) + の + 子. Covers preschool / elementary girls. From around 13 use 少女 shoujo (literary / news / manga genre) or 女子 joshi (speech / statistics); adult women are onna-no-hito. Korean yeoja-ai / sonyeo / yeoseong split is parallel. Common collocations: onna-no-ko no namae (a baby girl's name), onna-no-ko rashii (girl-like). Baby announcements often ask "onna-no-ko / otoko-no-ko docchi?" Pronunciation: o-n-na-no-ko, 5 mora, watch the geminate ん.

Quick check

1. Literary / news / manga-genre term for a female youth?

   • Shoujo — Sino-Japanese literary + manga genre
   • Onna-no-ko — child
   • Onna-no-hito — adult
   • Obasan — middle-aged