女 – woman, female

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The kanji 女 means woman, female. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ (jo, nyo, nyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おんな、め (onna, me). It is written with 3 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョ	jo
On’yomi	ニョ	nyo
On’yomi	ニョウ	nyou
Kun’yomi	おんな	onna
Kun’yomi	め	me

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38).

Words using 女

女おんなwoman女の子おんなのこgirl女性じょせいwoman彼女かのじょshe少女しょうじょgirl (usu. between 7 and 17)女王じょおうqueen女子じょしwoman女優じょゆうactress女史じょしlady (of high social status王女おうじょprincess長女ちょうじょeldest daughter女房にょうぼうwife (esp. one's own wife)女の人おんなのひとwoman女じょwoman

Example sentences

彼が戻ってきた時には、女は歩み去っていた。

When he came back, the woman had walked off.

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その女の子達は、とても忙しい。

Those girls are very busy.

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その少女は大きくなってすらりとした女性になった。

The girl has grown into a slender woman.

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Kanji with the same radical

委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉妨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.