also: けんにょ
noun
wise woman; clever woman
A somewhat literary or formal term for a woman of wisdom and intelligence. Not an everyday descriptor; more often found in writing or elevated speech.
彼女はまさに賢女と呼ぶにふさわしい人物だ。
She is truly a person worthy of being called a wise woman.
歴史上の賢女たちの言葉は今も多くの人に影響を与えている。
The words of wise women in history still influence many people today.
Obsolete reading; marked as out-dated kana usage.
Compound of 賢 (wise) and 女 (woman). The reading けんじょ is the standard on'yomi combination; the variant けんにょ reflects an older or dialectal reading of 女.