(しょうじょ)

しょうじょ
noun
girl, young girl
formal
1. girl, young girl
A female child or young teenager, typically referring to girls roughly between ages 7 and 17.
The girls are playing in the park.
Shojo manga is popular with women.
少女漫画 refers to manga targeted at young female readers
She has been learning piano since she was a young girl.
That girl read books at the library every day.
She was very quiet as a girl and always read books alone. Now she has a bright personality.

少女(しょうじょ) refers to a young girl, typically between about 7 and 17 years old. It is the female counterpart of 少年(しょうねん) (boy). The word has a somewhat literary or formal tone compared to (おんな)().

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More common in written language, news, and titles than in everyday conversation, where (おんな)() is preferred.