Japanese symbol for “heidi”

アルプスの少女ハイジ

アルプスのしょうじょハイジ

Romaji: arupusunoshoujohaiji

Heidi (1881 novel by Johanna Spyri, 1974 anime)

In Japanese, heidi is アルプスの少女ハイジ, read アルプスのしょうじょハイジ (arupusunoshoujohaiji).

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Meanings

n Heidi (1881 novel by Johanna Spyri, 1974 anime)

Kanji and stroke order

少

few, little

on: ショウ
kun: すく.ない、すこ.し

4 strokes · JLPT 4

女

woman, female

on: ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ
kun: おんな、め

3 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
少し	すこし sukoshi	a little; a bit; a small amount
少年	しょうねん shounen	boy
少女	しょうじょ shoujo	girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady
少ない	すくない sukunai	few; little; small (amount)
減少	げんしょう genshou	decrease; reduction; decline
多少	たしょう tashou	a little; some; somewhat
女性	じょせい josei	woman; female
彼女	かのじょ kanojo	she; her

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.