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女
女 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “woman”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 102. It appears as a component in 58 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- woman
- RTK frame
- 102
- Strokes
- 3
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ジョ, ニョ, ニョウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おんな, め
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- женщина
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 女 woman
Decomposition
No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.
Characters that contain 女
- 好 fond
- 如 likeness
- 妬 jealous
- 妙 exquisite
- 安 relax
- 妹 younger sister
- 威 intimidate
- 婿 bridegroom
- 姉 elder sister
- 妖 bewitched
- 嬌 attractive
- 嫡 legitimate wife
- 姿 figure
- 妄 delusion
- 妨 disturb
- 妊 pregnancy
- 妃 queen
- 嫁 marry into
- 姻 matrimony
- 奴 guy
- 妥 gentle
- 始 commence
- 婆 old woman
- 姫 princess
- 委 committee
- 数 number
- 楼 watchtower
- 婦 lady
- 娘 daughter
- 嬢 lass
- 姓 surname
- 嫌 dislike
- 要 need
- 嫉 envy
- 媒 mediator
- 婚 marriage
- 妻 wife
- 娯 recreation
- 桜 cherry tree
- 媛 beautiful woman
…and 18 more. See them all in the interactive search.
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