Unihan data for U+5973 Use UTF-8   Grid Index Radical-stroke index (38.0-1) <<< Previous Next >>> Glyphs The Unicode Standard Your Browser 女 Encoding Forms Decimal UTF-8 UTF-16 UTF-32 22899 E5 A5 B3  5973 00005973 IRG Sources G-source T-source H-source J-source K-source KP-source V-source U-source 0-452E 1-444C   0-3D77 0-5233 KP0-D4E5 1-515B   Mappings to Major Standards Chinese GB 2312 GB 12345 CNS 11643-1986 CNS 11643-1992 CCCII Big Five HK SCS 3714 3714 1-444C 1-444C 213942 A46B   Japanese JIS X 0208 JIS X 0212 JIS X 0213 2987     Korean KS X 1001:1992 KS X 1002:1991 KPS 9566-97 KPS 10721-2000 5019   D4E5   Other EACC Xerox PRC Telegraph ROC Telegraph 213942 241:322 1166 1166 Dictionary Information IRG Indices KangXi Morohashi Dae Jaweon Hanyu Da Zidian 0254.220 06036 0516.190 21023.230 Other Indices Cowles Fenn Karlgren Nelson Mathews Meyer-Wempe Lau 2949 552A   1185 4776 2122 2408 2409 Radical-stroke Counts Unicode KangXi Japanese Korean Morohashi 38.0 38.0       Phonetic Data Cantonese Mandarin Tang Japanese On Japanese Kun Sino-Korean jyu5 neoi5 neoi6 NÜ3 RU3 *niǔ *njiǔ JO NYO NYOU ONNA ME MUSUME NYE Other Dictionary Data Definition Total Strokes Phonetic Cangjie woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38 3 990 V Variants Simplified Traditional Semantic Specialized Semantic Z         U+F981 ( ) Chinese Compounds (drawn largely, but not exclusively, from the CEDICT dictionary file) 愛女 ai4nyu3   a beloved daughter; a favorite daughter 婢女 bi4 nu:3 pei5 neui5 slave-girl; servant-girl 不男不女 bu4nan2-bu4nyu3   neither a male nor a female (a disapproving description of someone's manner dress, makeup, etc.); grotesque 才女 cai2nyu3 choi4 neui5 a talented woman 處女 chu3 nu:3 chyu3 neui5 virgin 待女 dai4nyu3 doi6 neui5 orchids 兒女情長 er2 nyu3 qing2 chang2   Long is the love between man and woman 兒女債 er2-nyu3 zhai4 yi4 neui5 jaai3 the obligations of parents to their children 封面女郎 fengmian4 nyu3lang2 fung1 min6 neui5 long4 cover girl; a girl whose photo is used as a magazine cover 婦女 fu4 nu:3 fu5 neui5 woman 婦女參政權 fu4nyu3 canzheng4quan2 fu5 neui5 chaam1 jing3 kyun4 female suffrage 婦女運動 fu4nyu3 yun4dong4 fu5 neui5 wan6 dung6 women's movement 婦女會 fu4nyu3hui4   a women's association 婦女節 Fu4nyu3jie2 fu5 neui5 jit3 Women's Day, on March 8 宮女 gongnyu3 gung1 neui5 a court lady; a lady in waiting 國際婦女節 guo2ji4 Fu4nyu3jie2 gwok3 jai3 fu5 neui5 jit3 (internationally observed) Women's Day 婚生子女 hunsheng zi3nyu3   children born within wedlock 妓女 ji4 nu:3 gei6 neui5 prostitute; hooker 嬌女 jiaonyu3 giu1 neui5 a beloved daughter 拘女 junyu3 keui1 neui5 girls employed by the imperial household who were not allowed to marry 孟姜女 Meng4jiangnyu3 maang6 geung1 neui5 the name of a heroine in Chinese folklore, whose bitter cries over her; husband's death at the Great Wall was said to have caused a section of; the wall to crumble down 名女人 ming2nyu3ren2 ming4 neui5 yan4 women with notorious reputation 男女 nan2 nu:3 naam4 neui5 male-female 內姪女 nei4zhi2nyu3 noi6 jat6 neui5 nieces of one's wife 女 nu:3 neui5 female; woman 女兒 nu:3 er2 neui5 yi4 daughter 女房東 nu:3 fang2 dong1   landlady 女服物員 nu:3 fu2 wu4 yuan2 neui5 fuk6 mat6 yun4 stewardess 女高音 nu:3 gao1 yin1 neui5 gou1 yam1 soprano 女管家 nu:3 guan3 jia1 neui5 gun2 ga1 housekeeper 女孩 nu:3 hai2 neui5 haai4 girl; lass 女孩兒 nu:3 hair2 neui5 haai4 yi4 daughter 女皇 nu:3 huang2 neui5 wong4 empress 女繼承人 nu:3 ji4 cheng2 ren2 neui5 gai3 sing4 yan4 inheritress 女朋友 nu:3 peng2 you5 neui5 pang4 yau5 female friend; girlfriend 女人 nu:3 ren2 neui5 yan4 woman 女舍監 nu:3 she4 jian1   matron 女神 nu:3 shen2 neui5 san4 goddess; nymph 女士 nu:3 shi4 neui5 si6 lady; madam 女王 nu:3 wang2 neui5 wong4 queen 女修道 nu:3 xiu1 dao4 neui5 sau1 dou6 convent 女婿 nu:3 xu5 neui5 sai3 son-in-law 女學生 nu:3 xue2 sheng1   schoolgirl 女演員 nu:3 yan3 yuan2 neui5 yin2 yun4 actress 女英雄 nu:3 ying1 xiong2 neui5 ying1 hung4 heroine 女佣 nu:3 yong4 neui5 yung6 (female) maid 女用內衣 nu:3 yong4 nei4 yi1 neui5 yung6 noi6 yi1 chemise 女主人 nu:3 zhu3 ren2 neui5 jyu2 yan4 hostess; mistress 女裝裁縫師 nu:3 zhuang1 cai2 feng5 shi1 neui5 jong1 choi4 fung4 si1 dressmaker 女子 nu:3 zi3 neui5 ji2 woman; female 女扮男裝 nyu3 ban4 nan2zhuang   a woman in a man's clothes; a woman disguised as a man 女大不中留 nyu3 da4 bu4 zhong liu2   A grown daughter cannot be kept unmarried for long 女大當嫁 nyu3 da4 dang jia4 neui5 daai6 dong1 ga3 A girl should get married upon reaching womanhood 女大十八變 nyu3 da4 shi2ba bian4 neui5 daai6 sap6 baat3 bin3 A girl changes fast in pysical appearance from childhood to adulthood 女生外嚮 nyu3 sheng wai4 xiang4   A girl will get married sooner or later and is prone to take the side of; her husband (instead of her own family) 女中丈夫 女中豪傑 nyu3 zhong zhang4fu nyu3 zhong hao2jie2   a woman of great capability 女伴 nyu3ban4   a lady companion; a female companion 女次高音 nyu3ci4gaoyin neui5 chi3 gou1 yam1 mezzo soprano 女德 nyu3de2 neui5 dak1 feminine virtues; chastity; feminine beauty; a nun 女弟子 nyu3di4zi3 neui5 dai6 ji2 one's girl student 女低音 nyu3diyin neui5 dai1 yam1 contralto; alto 女方 nyu3fang neui5 fong1 on the woman's part (when the other party concerned is a man) 女工 nyu3gong neui5 gung1 women labor; a girl working in a plant 女公子 nyu3gongzi3 neui5 gung1 ji2 a polite reference to other's daughter; daughter of a famous personality 女紅 nyu3hong2 neui5 hung4 needlework 女角 nyu3jiao3 neui5 gok3 an actress; a movie or theatrical role played by a woman 女眷 nyu3juan4 neui5 gyun3 the female members of a family 女郎 nyu3lang2 neui5 long4 a young girl 女牢 nyu3lao2 neui5 lou4 a prison for women criminals; a penitentiary for women 女伶 女優 nyu3ling2 nyu3you   an actress 女流 nyu3liu2 neui5 lau4 women (collectively); the weaker sex 女奴 nyu3nu2 neui5 nou4 slave girls 女僕 nyu3pu2 neui5 buk6 a female servant; a maid 女青年會 Nyu3qingnian2hui4   YWCA--Young Women's Christian Association 女權 nyu3quan2 neui5 kyun4 women's rights 女色 nyu3se4 neui5 sik1 the pleasure of feminine companionship 女生 nyu3sheng   co-eds; girl students 女生宿舍 nyu3sheng su4she4   women's dormitory 女史 nyu3shi3 neui5 si2 a woman of learning; a woman scholar 女童子軍 nyu3tong2zi3jun neui5 tung4 ji2 gwan1 girl scouts 女萎 nyu3wei   clematis (also known as 鐵線蓮 ) 女巫 nyu3wu neui5 mou4 witch 女先生 nyu3xiansheng5   women teachers 女性 nyu3xing4 neui5 sing3 female; the fair sex 女性中心社會 nyu3xing4 zhongxin she4hui4   matriarchy 女真 Nyu3zhen neui5 jan1 Nyuzhen, or Jurchen, ancestors of the Manchus 女子參政 nyu3zi3 canzheng4 neui5 ji2 chaam1 jing3 women suffrage 奇女子 qi2nyu3zi3 kei4 neui5 ji2 a remarkable woman 弱女 ruo4nyu3 yeuk6 neui5 a young girl 善男信女 shan4nan2-xin4nyu3 sin6 naam4 seun3 neui5 devotees of Buddha; the faithful 少女 shao4 nu:3   maiden 神女 shen2 nu:3 san4 neui5 goddess 神女峰 shen2 nu:3 feng1 san4 neui5 fung1 name of a peak by Changjiang Three Gorges 甥女 sheng1 nu:3 saang1 neui5 niece (sister's daughter) 使女 shi3nyu3   a maid servant 侍女 shi4 nu:3 si6 neui5 maid 室女 shi4nyu3 sat1 neui5 an unmarried girl; a virgin 仕女 士女 shi4nyu3   men and women; painting portraying beautiful women 庶女 shu4nyu3 syu3 neui5 a commoner's daughter 孫女 sun1 nu:3 syun1 neui5 granddaughter 孫女兒 sun1 nu:r3 syun1 neui5 yi4 granddaughter (daughter of one's son) 外孫女 wai4 sun1 nu:3   daughter's daughter; granddaughter 外孫女兒 wai4 sun1 nu:r3   granddaughter (daughter of one's daugher) 下女 xia4nyu3   maid 仙女 xian1 nu:3 sin1 neui5 fairy 小女 xiao3nyu3 siu2 neui5 my daughter (self-depreciatory term) 孝女 xiao4nyu3 haau3 neui5 a bereaved daughter (used in obituary) 修女 xiu1 nu:3 sau1 neui5 nun 一男半女 yi4nan2-ban4nyu3 yat1 naam4 bun3 neui5 a few children (connoting hope or longing for children after marriage) 應召女郎 ying4zhao4 nyu3lang2   a call girl 幼女 you2 nu:3 yau3 neui5 young girl 幼女童軍 you4nyu3tong2jun yau3 neui5 tung4 gwan1 a Brownie 御女 yu4nyu3 yu6 neui5 court women; court ladies; to have sexual intercourse with a woman 怨女 yuan4nyu3 yun3 neui5 an old maid or spinster 怨女曠夫 yuan4nyu3-kuang4fu yun3 neui5 kwong3 fu1 unmarried women and men (who could be easily persuaded to marry to mutual satisfaction) 招女(婿) zhaonyu3xu4   (said of a family without a male heir) to marry the daughter to a man who will live with her family and bear her family name 招贅 zhaozhui4   same as 招女(婿) (said of a family without a male heir) to marry the daughter to a man who will live with her family and bear her family name 姪女 zhi2 nu:3 jat6 neui5 niece; brother's daughter 姪女(婿) zhi2nyu3xu4   husband of one's niece 子女 zi3 nu:3 ji2 neui5 children; sons and daughters 從女 zong4nyu3 chung4 neui5 a niece   Japanese Compounds (drawn from the EDICT dictionary file) 悪女 あくじょ wicked or ugly woman 鮎魚女 あいなめ greenling (fish) 鮎並女 あいなめ (oK) greenling (fish) 伊達女 だておんな flapper 意中の女 いちゅうのおんな sweetheart/girlfriend 一女 いちじょ daughter/the eldest daughter/woman 王女 おうじょ princess 乙女 おとめ maiden/girl/virgin 乙女座 おとめざ Virgo/maiden guild 乙女心 おとめごころ girl's feeling/maiden's mind 下種女 げすおんな woman of low rank/term of degradation for a woman 下女 げじょ maid servant 下女下男 げじょげなん servants 下女中 しもじょちゅう kitchen maid 海女 あま woman shell diver 伎女 ぎじょ woman entertainer 帰国子女 きこくしじょ child who has returned to his or her country 帰国子女枠 きこくしじょわく special consideration for students who have lived abroad 貴女 あなた (oK) (fem) you/lady 貴女 きじょ (oK) (fem) you/lady 鬼女 きじょ demoness/witch/ogress/she-devil 京女 きょうおんな Kyoto woman 侠女 きょうじょ gallant woman 狂女 きょうじょ madwoman 孝女 こうじょ filial daughter 皇女 こうじょ imperial princess 才女 さいじょ talented woman 三女 さんじょ third daughter 山女 やまめ a kind of trout 仕え女 つかえめ maidservant 士女 しじょ men & women/the whole town 侍女 じじょ lady attendant/maid 児女 じじょ boys and girls 次女 じじょ second daughter 修道女 しゅうどうじょ (Catholic) nun 淑女 しゅくじょ lady 処女 しょじょ virgin/maiden 処女膜 しょじょまく hymen 女 おんな woman 女 じょ woman/girl/daughter 女々しい めめしい effeminate 女だてらに おんなだてらに unlike a woman/unwomanly/woman that she is 女に不自由 おんなにふじゆう a guy who never gets the women/nerd 女の子 おんなのこ girl 女の人 おんなのひと woman 女らしい おんならしい womanly/ladylike/feminine 女医 じょい woman doctor 女一般 おんないっぱん (col) women in general 女王 じょおう queen 女王らしい じょおうらしい queen-like 女王陛下 じょおうへいか Her Majesty the Queen 女学生 じょがくせい schoolgirl 女狂い おんなぐるい girl crazy 女形 おやま male actor in female Kabuki roles 女形 おんながた male actor in female Kabuki roles 女権 じょけん women's rights 女権運動 じょけんうんどう women's rights movement 女権拡張 じょけんかくちょう extension of women's rights 女権拡張論者 じょけんかくちょうろんしゃ feminist 女好き おんなずき fondness for women/woman admirer/lustful man/spoony 女三人寄れば姦しい おんなさんにんよればかしましい (id) wherever women gather it is noisy 女史 じょし Ms. 女子 じょし women 女子高 じょしこう girls' high school 女子高生 じょしこうせい female high-school student 女子大 じょしだい women's college 女児 じょじ baby girl/primary schoolgirl 女囚 じょしゅう female prisoner 女女しい めめしい effeminate 女将 おかみ mistress/landlady/hostess/proprietress 女神 めがみ goddess 女親 おんなおや female parent 女人 にょにん women 女垂らし おんなたらし a guy that knows how to play the ladies/a skillful playboy 女性 じょせい woman 女性一般 じょせいいっぱん women in general 女性器 じょせいき (X) female genitalia/cunt 女性差別 じょせいさべつ discrimination against women/sexism 女性像 じょせいぞう female image 女性的 じょせいてき feminine/effeminate 女性美 じょせいび feminine beauty 女性名詞 じょせいめいし feminine noun 女性用 じょせいよう for use by women 女生 じょせい schoolgirl 女声 じょせい female voice 女装 じょそう (vs) female clothing/wearing female clothing 女尊 じょそん respect for women 女体 にょたい woman's body 女滝 めだき the smaller waterfall (of the two) 女中 じょちゅう (obs) maid 女帝 じょてい empress 女湯 おんなゆ women's bath 女難 じょなん trouble with women 女便所 おんなべんじょ women's toilet 女方 おんながた male actor in female Kabuki roles 女房 にょうぼう wife 女優 じょゆう actress 女流 じょりゅう woman writer 女郎 じょろう prostitute/geisha 女郎花 おみなえし patrinia (name of flower) 少女 おとめ daughter/young lady/virgin/little girl 少女 しょうじょ daughter/young lady/virgin/little girl 少年少女 しょうねんしょうじょ boys and girls 上女中 かみじょちゅう head servant 色女 いろおんな concubine 尻軽女 しりがるおんな promiscuous woman 雪女 ゆきおんな snow woman/fairy 仙女 せんじょ fairy/nymph/elf 仙女 せんにょ fairy/nymph/elf 善男善女 ぜんなんぜんにょ pious men and women 側女 そばめ concubine 大女 おおおんな a huge woman 男女 だんじょ man and woman/men and women 男女同権 だんじょどうけん equal rights among men and women 男尊女卑 だんそんじょひ male domination of women/subjection of women 長女 ちょうじょ eldest daughter 貞女 ていじょ virtuous woman/faithful wife 天女 てんにょ heavenly nymph/celestial maiden 天津乙女 あまつおとめ celestial maiden 売女 ばいた (col) (uk) bitch 彼女 かのじょ she/girl friend/sweetheart 美女 びじょ beautiful woman 美少女 びしょうじょ beautiful girl 婦女