Chinese symbol for “female”
女
nǚ
female; woman; daughter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for female is 女 (nǚ), defined as: female; woman; daughter.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “female”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雌性 | cí xìng | female |
| 雌 | cí | female; Taiwan pr. [ci1] |
| 牝 | pìn | (of a bird, animal or plant) female; keyhole |
| 女子 | nǚ zǐ | woman; female |
| 凹 | āo | concave; depressed; sunken; indented; female (connector etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 女.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “female”.
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.