童男

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
童	男
どう Grade: 3	なん Grade: 1
kan'yōon	goon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どーなん [dòónáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [do̞ːnã̠ɴ]

Noun

童(どう)男(なん) • (dōnan)

(rare) synonym of 少年 (shōnen, “young boy”)
Antonym: 童女 (dōjo)

Hypernym: 童子 (dōji)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
童	男
おぐな
Grade: 3	Grade: 1
jukujikun

Noun

童男(おぐな) • (oguna) ^{←をぐな (woguna)^?}

(archaic) synonym of 少年 (shōnen, “young boy”)
日本(やまと)童男(おぐな)
Yamato Oguna
Yamato Boy

See also

翁(おきな) (okina)
女(おみな) (omina)

References

“〈童男〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025