noun

  1. female weaver.
  2. Astronomy, etc. term.Vega (star in the constellation Lyra), Alpha Lyrae.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
棚機つ女 たなばたつめ
棚機津女 たなばたつめ
織女
織女 たなばたつめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

shelf, ledge, rack
たな ホウ (9th, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
companion, friend
ホウ とも (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
loom, mechanism, machine
キ はた (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
how many, how much, how far
いく- キ い (7th, N3)
minute, extremely small, tiny
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
protection
ジュ まもり まも.る (Kentei 1)
5th calendar sign
つちのえ ボ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)