還鄉女 huán xiāng nǚ

DEFINITIONS

  1. (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

CHARACTERS

還 huán still, yet, also, besides
鄉 xiāng country; rural; village
女 nǚ
HSK 1
woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38