also: じょじん
noun
A somewhat formal or literary term for 'woman', less common in everyday speech than 女性 or 女の人.
その女人は静かに微笑んだ。
The woman smiled quietly.
女人禁制の場所は今では少なくなった。
Places forbidden to women have become rare nowadays.
Compound of 女 (woman) and 人 (person). The reading にょにん uses the go-on reading of 女, while じょじん uses the kan-on reading.