女

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Descendants 1.1.3 References 2 Ancient Chinese 2.1 Note 3 Cantonese 3.1 Hanzi 4 Japanese 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Noun 4.3 Etymology 3 4.3.1 Noun 4.3.1.1 Derived terms 4.3.2 Kanji 4.3.2.1 Readings 4.3.2.2 Compounds 4.3.3 See also 4.4 References 5 Korean 5.1 Hanja 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Hanzi 6.2.1 Compounds 7 Min Nan 7.1 Hanzi 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] Han character

女 (radical 38 女+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女 (V), four-corner 4040₀)

1. female, woman, girl
2. feminine
3. rad. 38

[edit] Antonyms

• 男

[edit] Descendants

• め
• メ

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 254, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6036
• Dae Jaweon: page 516, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1023, character 23
• Unihan data for U+5973

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[edit] Ancient Chinese

[edit] Note

It can also be used as a character meaning "you" (and can be used when addressing a man as well as a woman) pronounced "rú" in Mandarin, for which 汝 character war borrowed in Han period (originally 汝 Rú was the name of the river in Henan). Example: 子曰：「女器也」 (Master said: "You are a goblet", Lun Yu, 5.4, [1])

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

女 (jyutping jyu5, neoi5, neoi6, Yale neui5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

/womi1na/ > /womina/ > /omina/. The initial /wo/ expressed "small, youth" and contrasted with /o/ "grown, old" (as in omina "old woman"). The medial /m/ is cognate with me (“‘female, woman’”).

[edit] Noun

女 (hiragana おみな, romaji omina, historical hiragana をみな)

1. young woman
2. a woman

[edit] Etymology 2

wonna > onna. From earlier /womina/. The initial /wo/ expressed "small, youth" and contrasted with /o/ "grown, old" (as in omina "old woman"). The medial /n/, from earlier /m/, is cognate with me (“‘female, woman’”).

[edit] Noun

女 (hiragana おんな, romaji onna, historical hiragana をんな)

1. a woman

[edit] Etymology 3

/me1/ > /me/.

[edit] Noun

女 (hiragana め, romaji me)

1. female
2. woman
3. wife
   • c. 890: Taketori Monogatari (page 3)

   女（め）の女にあづけてやしなはす。

[edit] Derived terms

• 妹 (imo)
• 郎女 (iratsume)
• 姫 (hime)
• 女神 (megami)
• 女君 (megimi)
• 姪 (mei)
• 牝鹿 (meka)
• 女子 (meko)
• 女の子 (me no ko)
• 乳母 (menoto)
• 女親 (meoya)
• 雌 (mesu)
• 雌鳥 (medori)
• 婚く (memaku)
• 女々しい (memeshii)
• 娶る (metoru)
• 牝馬 (meuma, mema)
• 牝牛, 雌牛 (meushi)
• 女 (omina, onna)
• 嫗 (omina)
• 母 (omo)
• 乙女 (otome)
• 浮女 (ukareme)

[edit] Kanji

女 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: じょ (jo), にょ (nyo), にょう (nyō)
• Kun: おんな (onna), め (me), むすめ (musume)

[edit] Compounds

女郎花 (おみなえし, ominaeshi) patrinia 女親 (おんなおや, onnaoya) female parent 女形 (おんながた, onnagata) male actor in female role of Kabuki 女心 (おんなごころ, onnagokoro) woman's mind 女手 (おんなで, onnade) female worker 女友達 (おんなともだち, onnatomodachi) girlfriend, female friend 孝女 (こうじょ, koujo) filial daughter 工女 (こうじょ, koujo) female worker 皇女 (こうじょ, koujo) imperial princess 女医 (じょい, joi) doctoress 女王 (じょうおう, jouou) queen 女系 (じょけい, jokei) woman-succession 女傑 (じょけつ, joketsu) brave woman 女権 (じょけん, joken) woman rights 女史 (じょし, joshi) Ms 処女 (しょじょ, shojo) virgin, maiden

女子 (じょし, joshi) girl 女児 (じょじ, joji) female infant 女性 (じょせい, josei) woman 女声 (じょせい, josei) female voice 女婿 (じょせい, josei) son-in-law 女中 (じょちゅう, jochuu) maid 女帝 (じょてい, jotei) empress 女優 (じょゆう, joyuu) actress 女流 (じょりゅう, joryuu) female 女郎 (じょろう, jorou) prostitute 女房 (にょうぼう, nyoubou) wife 女官 (にょかん, nyokan) court lady 女将 (にょしょう, nyoshou) mistress, hostess 女人 (にょにん, nyonin) woman 女神 (めがみ, megami) goddess

[edit] See also

• mesu
• onna
• くノ一 (kunoichi)

[edit] References

• Horiuchi, Hideaki; Ken Akiyama (1997). Taketori Monogatari , Ise Monogatari. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 4-00-240017-4.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

女
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 녀(여) (revised: nyeo(yeo), McCune-Reischauer: nyŏ(yŏ), Yale: nye(ⁿye))

• Name (hangeul): 계집 (revised: gyejip, McCune-Reischauer: kyejip, Yale: kyeycip)

1. (계집 녀, gyeojip-): female, woman, wife.

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

女 (pinyin nǚ (nü3), rǔ (ru3), Wade-Giles nü³)

[edit] Compounds

女伴 女扮男装 女宾 女傧相 女兵 女厕 女车 女大不中留 女大十八变 (女大十八變) 女低音 女儿 女儿酒 女儿墙 女方

女高音 女工 女红 女孩儿 女护士 女皇 女家 女监 女将 女眷 女郎 女里女气 女流 女朋友 girlfriend

女仆 女墙 女强人 女权 女权主义 女人 女人心，海底针 (女人心，海底針) 女色 女神 女生 女声 女士 女娲

女王 女巫 女性 女婿 女佣 女中音 女主角 女主人 女装 女子 女子无才便是德 (女子無才便是德)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

女 (POJ lú (lu²), lí (li²))

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

女 (nữ, nữa, lỡ, nhỡ, nớ, nợ, nỡ, nự)