also: せんにょ · せんにゅ
A celestial or supernatural female being from Chinese/Japanese mythology, often depicted as a beautiful, ethereal woman living in the heavens or mountains.
Fairies often appear in old tales.
She was as beautiful as a nymph.
Standard kanji spelling; せんじょ is the most common reading.
Alternate reading; less common than せんじょ.
Rare reading; may be encountered in older texts.
From Chinese 仙女 (xiānnǚ), meaning 'female immortal' or 'fairy'. The kanji 仙 refers to a hermit or immortal, and 女 means woman.