女
女 — woman, female
- JLPT
- JLPT N5
- Strokes
- 3
- Taught in
- School year 1
- Frequency
- #151 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- じょ jo
- にょ nyo
- にょう nyou
- じょ jo
- Kun'yomi
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- おんな onna
- め me
- おんな onna
Words that use 女
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 女 おんな woman JLPT N5
- 女の子 おんなのこ girl JLPT N5
- 女性 じょせい woman JLPT N4
- 彼女 かのじょ she JLPT N4
- 少女 しょうじょ girl (usu. between 7 and 17) JLPT N3
- 女王 じょおう queen JLPT N3
- 女子 じょし woman JLPT N3
- 女優 じょゆう actress JLPT N3
- 女史 じょし lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician) JLPT N3
- 女 じょ woman JLPT N2