also: じょじん
A somewhat formal or literary term for 'woman', less common in everyday speech than 女性 or 女の人.
The woman smiled quietly.
Places forbidden to women have become rare nowadays.
pious woman; female believer
a woman attaining Buddhahood; a woman entering Nirvana
prohibition on women entering; no female admission
prohibition against women entering a sacred area
Standard kanji form; the reading にょにん is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common and may be encountered in older or specialized texts.
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.