# 女神
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǚshén
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi$^5$ san$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ńg-sṳ̀n
* Eastern Min (BUC): nṳ̄-*sìng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lú-sîn / lí-sîn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): neng$^2$ sing$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gniu-zen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǚshén
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ ㄕㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔshén
*** Wade–Giles: nü$^3$-shên$^2$
*** Yale: nyǔ-shén
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neushern
*** Palladius: нюйшэнь (njujšɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: neoi$^5$ san$^4$
*** Yale: néuih sàhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: noey$^5$ san$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nêu$^5$ sen$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /nɵy̯¹³ sɐn²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg-sṳ̀n
*** Hakka Romanization System: ng$^ˋ$ siin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ng$^3$ sin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹ sɨn¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nṳ̄-*sìng
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡy³³⁻²¹ siŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú-sîn
*** Tâi-lô: lú-sîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lwsiin
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /lu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí-sîn
*** Tâi-lô: lí-sîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lysiin
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: neng$^2$ sing$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng sîng
*** Sinological IPA : /nɯŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ siŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gniu-zen
*** MiniDict: nyu$^去$ zen
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyy-zen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²² zən⁴⁴/

### Noun

女神
* (religion) female goddess
    民主女神 ― mínzhǔ nǚshén ― Goddess of Democracy
* (neologism) (of a young female, e.g. a 白富美 (báifùměi)) the goddess of one's heart

#### Synonyms

* (goddess): 神女 (shénnǚ); (Hokkien) 尪婆, 尪媽／尪妈

#### Coordinate terms

* 男神 (nánshén)

#### Derived terms

* 宅男女神

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 神 |
| め Grade: 1 | かみ > がみ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 女神 (kyūjitai)
Compound of 女 (me, “female”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めがみ [méꜜgàmì] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [me̞ɡa̠mʲi]

#### Noun

女(め)神(がみ) • (megami)
* a goddess (female deity)
** 1999 December 16, “逆(ぎゃく)転(てん)の女(め)神(がみ) [Goddess of Reversal]”, in ＥＸ [ＥＸ], Konami:
    聖(せい)なる力(ちから)で弱(よわ)き者(もの)を守(まも)り、逆(ぎゃく)転(てん)の力(ちから)を与(あた)える女(め)神(がみ)。
       Seinaru chikara de yowakimono o mamori, gyakuten no chikara o ataeru megami.
       A goddess who grants reversal power and protects the weak with her holy power.
** 2007 October 20, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “最(さい)終(しゅう)話(わ)　それぞれの道(みち) [Final Chapter: Epilog]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], Jump Remix edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 352:
    西(せい)方(ほう)の女(め)神(がみ)エキドナ
       Seihō no Megami Ekidona
       Echidna, Goddess of the West

##### Antonyms

* 男(お)神(がみ) (ogami, “male god”)

##### Derived terms

* 幸(こう)運(うん)の女(め)神(がみ) (Kōun no Megami, “Lady Luck”)
* 正(せい)義(ぎ)の女(め)神(がみ) (Seigi no Megami, “Lady Justice”)
* 自(じ)由(ゆう)の女(め)神(がみ) (Jiyū no Megami, “Lady Liberty”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 神 |
| め(の) Grade: 1 | かみ Grade: 3 |
* Alternative spelling
* 女神 (kyūjitai)
From 女 (me, “woman”) +‎ の (no, attributive particle) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”), literally “female god”. Akin to the derivation of megami above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [me̞no̞ka̠mʲi]

#### Noun

女(めの)神(かみ) • (me no kami)
* a goddess (female deity)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 神 |
| おみな Grade: 1 | かみ > がみ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 女神 (kyūjitai)
Compound of 女 (omina, “woman”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”). The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞mʲina̠ɡa̠mʲi]

#### Noun

女(おみな)神(がみ) • (ominagami)
* (historical, archaic, possibly obsolete) a kind of paper doll to which one prays for good weather
    Synonym: 照る照る坊主 (teruteru bōzu)

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 神 |
| おんな Grade: 1 | かみ > がみ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 女神 (kyūjitai)
By surface analysis, 女 (onna, “woman”) +‎ 神 (kami, “god”), whereby The kami changes to gami as an instance of rendaku (連濁); may separately be a shift from ominagami above, as the omina component, meaning “woman”, separately shifted to onna in general (see etymology of 女(おんな) (onna). However, the development of the “goddess” meaning is more difficult to explain through this analysis, so a plain compound may be the more likely.
Akin to the formations of megami and me no kami above.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) おんながみ [òńnáꜜgàmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [õ̞nːa̠ɡa̠mʲi]

#### Noun

女(おんな)神(がみ) • (onnagami)
* a goddess (female deity)

### Etymology 5

Kanji in this term :
| 女 | 神 |
| じょ Grade: 1 | しん Grade: 3 |
| kan'on ||
* Alternative spelling
* 女神 (kyūjitai)
/djosin/ → /d͡ʑoɕin/
From Middle Chinese 女神 (MC nrjoX zyin).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じょしん [jòshíń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡ʑo̞ɕĩɴ]

#### Noun

女(じょ)神(しん) • (joshin)
* a goddess
    Synonym: 女神 (megami)

### References

* 1 2 “女神”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* 1 2 3 4 5 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

## Korean
### Noun

女神 • (yeosin) (hangeul 여신)
* hanja form of 여신 (“goddess”)

## Vietnamese
### Noun

女神
* chữ Hán form of nữ thần (“goddess”).