(Korean term) women who returned to Korea after being abducted during the Manchu invasions of Korea in the 17th century, only to be regarded as defiled and therefore ostracized, even by their own families
trad. 還鄉女
Also written 還鄉女【huán xiāng nǚ】
Characters in this word
3还
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surname Huan
- Pinyin
- Huán
- Traditional
- 還
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 49 of 2500
乡
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country or countryside, native place, home village or town, township (PRC administrative unit)
- Pinyin
- xiāng
- Traditional
- 鄉
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15110 of 2500
女
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female, woman, daughter
- Pinyin
- nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 998 of 2500