女 — kanji meaning “woman”
女
woman, female
- Meanings
- woman, female
- On'yomi
- ジョ (jo)、ニョ (nyo)、ニョウ (nyou)
- Kun'yomi
- おんな、め
- Name readings
- おな、た、つき、な
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #151 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- nǚ, rǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 女
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女性 | じょせい josei | woman; female |
| 彼女 | かのじょ kanojo | she; her |
| 女子 | じょし joshi | woman; girl |
| 女の子 | おんなのこ onnanoko | girl; daughter; baby girl |
| 少女 | しょうじょ shoujo | girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady |
| 女優 | じょゆう joyuu | actress; female actor |
| 男女 | だんじょ danjo | men and women; man and woman; both sexes |
| 女王 | じょおう joou | queen; female monarch; female sovereign |
| 美女 | びじょ bijo | beautiful woman |
| 長女 | ちょうじょ choujo | eldest daughter; first-born daughter |
| 処女 | しょじょ shojo | virgin (usu. female); maiden |
| 女房 | にょうぼう nyoubou | wife (esp. one's own wife) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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