Chinese symbol for “daughter”
女儿
nǚ ér
Traditional: 女兒
daughter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for daughter is 女儿 (nǚ ér), defined as: daughter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “daughter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女 | nǚ | female; woman |
| 姑娘 | gū niang | girl; young woman |
| 千金 | qiān jīn | thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold; money and riches |
| 闺女 (閨女) | guī nü | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter |
| 囡 | nān | child; daughter |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 女儿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女孩 | nǚ hái | girl; lass |
| 妇女 (婦女) | fù nǚ | woman |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 儿童 (兒童) | ér tóng | child |
| 婴儿 (嬰兒) | yīng ér | infant; baby |
| 哪儿 (哪兒) | nǎ r | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere |
See also: Japanese symbol for “daughter”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.