女 — Chinese character
女
nǚ
woman, girl; female
- Pinyin
- nǚ
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 3
- Formation
- pictographic — A woman turned to the side
- Japanese
- 女 as a kanji
Common words with 女
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 女人 | nǚ ren | wife |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
| 女子 | nǚ zǐ | woman; female |
| 少女 | shào nǚ | girl; young lady |
| 女生 | nǚ shēng | schoolgirl; female student |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 女士 | nǚ shì | lady; madam |
| 男女 | nán nǚ | male-female; male and female |
English words written with 女
女 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 19 · Art of War 1 · I Ching 10 · Mencius 20 · Zhuangzi 10
- Analects 2.17
- Analects 3.6
- Analects 5.3
- Analects 5.8
- Analects 6.10
- Analects 6.11
- Analects 6.12
- Analects 7.18
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.