Kanji 女 — "Woman"
Here is what 女 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Woman" stick.
How it is read
じょ, にょ, にょう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
おんな, め
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Easy — Woman the kanji and the component mean the same thing!
- 女 Woman
A Woman sitting cross-legged and extending her arms out on both sides on a sofa.
Words that use 女
12 of 15 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 女 おんな woman, female
- 彼女 かのじょ girlfriend, she, her
- 女性 じょせい woman
- 女子 じょし woman, girl
- 女の子 おんなのこ girl
- 女房 にょうぼう wife
- 女優 じょゆう actress
- 少女 しょうじょ young girl, little girl
- 女の人 おんなのひと woman
- 女王 じょおう queen
- 長女 ちょうじょ eldest daughter
- 王女 おうじょ princess
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