Chinese symbol for “maiden”
闺女
guī nü
Traditional: 閨女
maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter
The closest CC-CEDICT match for maiden is 闺女 (guī nü), defined as: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “maiden”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 处女 (處女) | chǔ nǚ | virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work) |
| 乙女 | yǐ nǚ | (slang) maiden; young lady (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 "otome", used esp. to refer to romantic media and games aimed at women) |
| 黄花闺女 (黃花閨女) | huáng huā guī nǚ | maiden; virgin |
| 女郎 | nǚ láng | young woman; maiden |
| 处子 (處子) | chǔ zǐ | (literary) virgin; maiden |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 闺女.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 闺蜜 (閨蜜) | guī mì | (coll.) (a woman's) close female friend; bestie; (originally written 闺密 (guī mì), an abbr. for 闺中密友 (guī zhōng mì yǒu)) |
| 闺房 (閨房) | guī fáng | lady's chamber; boudoir |
| 闺密 (閨密) | guī mì | variant of 闺蜜 (guī mì) |
| 大家闺秀 (大家閨秀) | dà jiā guī xiù | girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house |
| 闺秀 (閨秀) | guī xiù | well-bred young lady |
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “maiden”.
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.