女

音読おんよみ: ジョ・ニョ・ニョウ

訓読くんよみ: おんな・め

画数かくすう: 3

部首ぶしゅ: 女(おんな)

Meaning

Woman / Female

  • おんな — woman
  • 女性じょせい — female; woman (polite)
  • おんな — girl
  • 王女おうじょ — princess
  • 彼女かのじょ — she; girlfriend
  • 女神めがみ — goddess
  • 女々めめしい — cowardly; unmanly (note: old-fashioned / negative)

“女” is one of the simplest kanji. Its shape came from a kneeling figure and is used widely in words for women, girls, and feminine roles — as well as mythology (女神) and relationships (彼女).

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