女
woman; female
3 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 151.
Readings
- ジョ (on reading): 彼女 (かのじょ) she; 女性 (じょせい) woman
- おんな (kun reading): 女の子 (おんなのこ) girl; 女 (おんな) woman
- め (kun reading): 女神 (めがみ) goddess; 乙女 (おとめ) (young) girl
- ニョ (on reading): 女体化 (にょたいか) male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction); 女人 (にょにん) woman
- ニョウ (on reading): 女房 (にょうぼう) wife (esp. one's own wife); 女官 (にょうかん) court lady
- Read as a whole word: 巫女 (みこ) miko; 乙女座 (おとめざ) Virgo (constellation); 乙女ゲーム (おとめゲーム) otome game
Components
- 女 radical woman
Kanji containing 女
- 要 need
- 安 relax
- 委 committee
- 始 commence
- 好 fond
- 姿 figure
- 婦 lady
- 妻 wife
- 婚 marriage
- 妥 gentle
- 威 intimidate
- 妙 exquisite
- 娘 daughter
- 嫌 dislike
- 桜 cherry
- 妊 pregnancy
- 妹 younger sister
- 姉 elder sister
- 妨 disturb
- 姫 princess
- 嫁 marry into
- 娠 with child
- 姓 surname
- 如 likeness
- 媛 beautiful woman
- 妃 queen
- 娯 recreation
- 媒 mediator
- 堰 dam
- 姜 Chinese surname
- 奴 guy
- 妖 attractive
- 姻 matrimony
- 姑 mother-in-law
- 嬢 lass
- 婿 bridegroom
- 嫡 legitimate wife
- 娼 prostitute
- 妄 delusion
- 嬉 glad
- 嫉 jealous
- 姚 beautiful
- 婆 old woman
- 奸 wickedness
- 妁 go-between
- 汝 you
- 佞 flattery
- 妍 beauty
- 妓 stretch
- 妛 despise
- 妝 dress up
- 妣 mother
- 妬 jealous
- 妲 female proper name
- 妾 concubine
- 姆 wet nurse
- 姐 elder sister
- 姙 be(come) pregnant
- 姥 old woman
- 姦 wicked
And 47 more.
Words using 女
- 彼女 (かのじょ) she
- 女性 (じょせい) woman
- 少女 (しょうじょ) girl (usu. between 7 and 17)
- 女子 (じょし) woman
- 女優 (じょゆう) actress
- 女の子 (おんなのこ) girl
- 女 (おんな) woman
- 女友達 (おんなともだち) female friend
- 女形 (おんながた) onnagata
- 女盛り (おんなざかり) prime of womanhood
- 女神 (めがみ) goddess
- 乙女 (おとめ) (young) girl
- 采女 (うねめ) maid-in-waiting (ritsuryō system)
- 自由の女神 (じゆうのめがみ) Statue of Liberty
- 自由の女神像 (じゆうのめがみぞう) Statue of Liberty
- 巫女 (みこ) miko
- 乙女座 (おとめざ) Virgo (constellation)
- 乙女ゲーム (おとめゲーム) otome game
- 乙女ゲー (おとめゲー) otome game
- 瞽女 (ごぜ) blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
- 女体化 (にょたいか) male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
- 女人 (にょにん) woman
- 老若男女 (ろうにゃくなんにょ) men and women of all ages
- 女人禁制 (にょにんきんせい) prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons)
- 天女 (てんにょ) heavenly nymph
- 女房 (にょうぼう) wife (esp. one's own wife)
- 女官 (にょうかん) court lady
- 女御 (にょうご) court lady
- 女院 (にょういん) woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.)
- 女房役 (にょうぼうやく) assistant
- 海女 (あま) ama
- 祝女 (のろ) noro
- 女神 (おみながみ) paper doll to which children pray for good weather
- 女 (おみな) woman
- 天の鈿の女命 (あめのうずめのみこと) Ame no Uzume no Mikoto (Shintō goddess)
834 words in all.