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The kanji 女: meaning, readings and stroke order
女
- Meaning
- girl, woman
- On reading
- ジョ jo、ニョ nyo、ニョウ* nyou
- Kun reading
- おんな onna、め me
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 女 woman, female
- Level
- Level 1 · grade 1
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- con gái, phụ nữ (nữ)
- Japanese
- おんな。
- Korean
- 여자 (녀·여)
- Chinese
- 女孩、女人
Readings, words and example sentences
ジョ jo · on reading
女王
queen
白い ふくの 女王が 出て きます。
A queen in white clothes comes out.
ニョ nyo · on reading
天女
fairy from the sky
山に 天女が 立って いました。
A fairy was standing on the mountain.
ニョウ nyou · on reading · less common
女房
wife (old word)
むかしの 話に 女房が 出て きます。
A wife appears in the old story.
おんな onna · kun reading
女
woman, girl
あそこに 女の 人が 立って います。
A woman is standing over there.
め me · kun reading · less common
女神
goddess
森の 女神の 話です。
This is a story about the goddess of the forest.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.