woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38

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DEFINITIONS

女 nǚ
  • female
  • woman
  • daughter
女 rǔ
  • archaic variant of 汝[ru3]

STROKES

WORDS

老幼 nán nǚ lǎo yòu men, women, young and old; everybody
金童玉 jīn tóng yù nǚ lit. golden boys and jade maidens (idiom); attendants of the Daoist immortals; fig. lovely young children; a golden couple; (of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple
shì nǚ court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women
将 nǚ jiàng female general; (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
shì nǚ unmarried lady; virgin; Virgo (star sign)
少男少 shào nán shào nǚ boys and girls; teenagers
杰 nǚ jié woman of distinction; a woman to be admired or respected
独生子 dú shēng zǐ nǚ an only child
shén nǚ The Goddess, 1934 silent film about a Shanghai prostitute, directed by 吳永剛|吴永刚[Wu2 Yong3 gang1]; goddess; prostitute (slang)
红男绿 hóng nán lǜ nǚ young people decked out in gorgeous clothes (idiom)
yì nǚ adopted daughter
儿 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
善男信 shàn nán xìn nǚ lay practitioners of Buddhism
排 nǚ pái women's volleyball; abbr. for 女子排球
真 nǚ zhēn Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty
cì nǚ second daughter
星 zhī nǚ xīng Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座
同 nǚ tóng a lesbian (coll.)
家 nǚ jiā bride's family (in marriage)
眷 nǚ juàn the females in a family; womenfolk
体盛 nǚ tǐ chéng nyotaimori or "body sushi", Japanese practice of serving sushi on the body of a naked woman
婿 zhí nǚ xu brother's daughter's husband; niece's husband
侄孙 zhí sūn nǚ grand niece
婿 sūn nǚ xu son's daughter's husband; granddaughter's husband
mín nǚ woman from an ordinary family