# 魔女
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mónǚ
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄋㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mo$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mónǚ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄋㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mónyǔ
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^2$-nü$^3$
*** Yale: mwó-nyǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moneu
*** Palladius: монюй (monjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mo$^1$ neoi$^{5-2}$
*** Yale: mō néui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mo$^1$ noey$^{5-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mo$^1$ nêu$^{5-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɔː⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/

### Noun

魔女
* A witch; a sorceress.

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 魔女(まじょ) (majo)
* → Korean: 마녀(魔女) (manyeo)
* → Vietnamese: ma nữ (魔女)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 魔 | 女 |
| ま Grade: S | じょ Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

(Can this etymology be sourced?) Appears to be from Middle Chinese 魔女 (MC ma nrjoX|nrjoH).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) まじょ [máꜜjò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ma̠ʑo̞]

### Noun

魔(ま)女(じょ) • (majo)
* A witch; a sorceress.
** 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “アン子(こ) 大(おお)いに怒(いか)る　（赤(あか)毛(げ)のアン子(こ)　改(かい)題(だい)） [When Anko Really Gets Mad　(originally titled Redheaded Anko)]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 71:
    アン子(こ)。きみがみせたふしぎな力(ちから)はね…。きみのおかあさんの家(か)系(けい)に、遠(とお)い昔(むかし)から代(だい)だい受(う)けつがれてきた血(ち)すじによるものだ。御(ご)先(せん)祖(ぞ)は、ギリシアのテッサリア地(ち)方(ほう)の出(で)らしい。1(じゅう)8(はっ)世(せい)紀(き)にアメリカのサレムに移(い)住(じゅう)している。この家(か)系(けい)は、………つまりなんというか………。ゆいしょ正(ただ)しい魔(ま)女(じょ)の名(めい)門(もん)なんだよ。
       Anko. Kimi ga miseta fushigi na chikara wa ne…. Kimi no okā-san no kakei ni, tōi mukashi kara daidai uketsugarete kita chisuji ni yoru mono da. Go-senzo wa, Girishia no Tessaria chihō no de rashii. Jūhasseiki ni Amerika no Saremu ni ijū shite iru. Kono kakei wa,………tsumari nan to iu ka………. Yuisho tadashii majo no meimon na n da yo.
       Anko. As for the mysterious power you displayed…. It’s of a kind that has been running in your mother’s bloodline for generations since ancient times. Your ancestors seem to have come from Thessaly, Greece. They immigrated to Salem, America in the 18th century. That bloodline… basically it was…. A noted line of true witches.
** 1999 May 25, “エンジェル・魔(ま)女(じょ) [Angel-Witch]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
    天(てん)使(し)になる運(うん)命(めい)を背(せ)負(お)っていたが、あこがれの魔(ま)女(じょ)になった天(てん)使(し)。
       Tenshi ni naru unmei o seotte ita ga, akogare no majo ni natta tenshi.
       An angel who became an aspiring witch even though she was destined to be a full-fledged angel.
** 2012 May 4, “獰(どう)猛(もう)さの勝(しょう)利(り) [Triumph of Ferocity]”, in アヴァシンの帰還 [Avacyn’s Return], Wizards of the Coast:
    魔(ま)女(じょ)よ、この呪(のろ)いを解(と)け。でなければ道(みち)連(づ)れにしてやる。
       Majo yo, kono noroi o toke. De nakereba michizure ni shite yaru.
       Rid me of this curse, witch. Or go down with me.

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 魔 | 女 |

### Noun

魔女 • (manyeo) (hangeul 마녀)
* hanja form of 마녀 (“witch; sorceress”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 魔 | 女 |

### Noun

魔女
* chữ Hán form of ma nữ (“female ghost”).