女じょ直ちょく

noun

Jurchen people

Historical ethnic group in East Asia, ancestors of the Manchu. The term is primarily encountered in historical contexts. Compare with 女真 (じょしん), which is a more common reading for the same group.

See also: 女真

• 女じょ直ちょくは、中ちゅう国ごくの歴れき史し書しょに登とう場じょうする民みん族ぞくの一ひとつである。

  The Jurchen are one of the ethnic groups that appear in Chinese historical records.