Kanji
女
kanji character
woman
female
女 kanji-女 woman, female
女
Meaning
woman and female
Readings
Kun'yomi
- おんな のこ girl
- おんな らしい womanly
- おんな がた onnagata
- さおと め young female rice planter
- め め しい effeminate
- め だき smaller waterfall (of the two)
On'yomi
- じょ せい woman
- じょ ゆう actress
- かの じょ she
- にょ たい woman's body
- にょ にん woman
- ろうにゃくなん にょ men and women of all ages
- にょう ぼう wife (esp. one's own wife)
- にょう ぼうやく assistant
- おしかけ にょう ぼう woman who forced her husband into marriage
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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女 woman -
女 子 woman, girl -
女 性 woman, female, feminine gender -
女 夫 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife... -
女 優 actress, female actor -
男 女 masculine woman, mannish woman, feminine man... -
彼 女 she, her, girlfriend -
長 女 eldest daughter, first-born daughter -
少 女 (young) girl, maiden, young lady -
小 女 small girl -
貴 女 you, noblewoman, lady -
次 女 second daughter -
醜 女 ugly woman, unattractive woman, female demon -
女 の コgirl, daughter, baby girl... -
女 のこgirl, daughter, baby girl... -
女 王 queen, female champion -
女 房 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache... -
女 の子 woman, girl -
美 女 beautiful woman, lady attendant -
王 女 princess -
処 女 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest)... -
女 史 lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic... -
女 子 大 women's college, women's university -
織 女 female weaver, Vega (star in the constellation Lyra), Alpha Lyrae -
悪 女 wicked woman, ugly woman -
女 らしいwomanly, ladylike, feminine -
婦 女 woman, womankind -
女 性 的 feminine, effeminate -
女 児 girl, baby girl, schoolgirl... -
女 流 woman (writer, artist, aviator...