seijo

a word from vocabulary Japanese by Christopher K. Schmidt  
Word form seijo
Original script 青女
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning (rare). Originally refers to a snow goddess, the present meaning first attested in 1175.
Analyzability analyzable compound
Gloss sei-jo blue-girl
Age Late Old Japanese [21] (794–1185)
Lexical stratum kango
Year 843
Comparison with Mandarin semantic change (Japanese)
Register General
Numeric frequency 0