How to write 女 (nǚ, “female”)
女 (nǚ), an HSK 1 character, means “female”, “woman” and “daughter”. Make Me a Hanzi uses it in 162 other characters, such as 奶 (“milk”), 她 (“she”) and 好 (“good”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 女儿 (“daughter”), 女士 (“lady”) and 女朋友 (“girlfriend”). Japanese reads it jo, “woman”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.
- Pinyin
- nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 女 (“female”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Left-falling then dot ㇛topdownwards → down and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 3 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
女 inside other characters
Make Me a Hanzi count: 162 characters.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| nǚ third tone | female; woman; daughter | — | 女儿 女士 女朋友 女人 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 221 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 女
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女 | nǚ | female; woman HSK 1 |
| 女儿 女兒 | nǚ’ér | daughter HSK 1 |
| 女士 | nǚshì | lady; madam HSK 1 |
| 女朋友 | nǚpéngyou | girlfriend HSK 1 |
| 女人 | nǚrén | woman HSK 3 |
| 女生 | nǚshēng | schoolgirl; female student HSK 3 |
| 女性 | nǚxìng | woman HSK 4 |
| 孙女 孫女 | sūnnǚ | son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4 |
| 母女 | mǔnǚ | mother and daughter; mother-daughter HSK 4 |
| 父女 | fùnǚ | father and daughter HSK 4 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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HSK 1, in list order: