青鞜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青 鞜
せい
Grade: 1 		とう
Hyōgai
kan'on
Alternative spelling
靑鞜 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

青 (“blue”) +‎ 鞜 (“shoe, boot”), a calque of English bluestocking.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せーとー [sèétóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

青(せい)鞜(とう) • (seitō) 

  1. bluestocking, a member of the Blue Stockings Society, an 18th century women's social and educational movement
  2. Bluestocking, a 20th century feminist literary magazine

References

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