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女
nǚ
1. female
2. woman
3. daughter
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

女
nǚ
woman, girl; female
HSK 1 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

仕女
shìnǚ
court lady
仙女
xiānnǚ
fairy
侍女
shìnǚ
maid
修女
xiūnǚ
nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
儿女
érnǚ
children
剩女
shèngnǚ
"leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single)
吧女
bānǚ
barmaid
商女
shāngnǚ
female singer (archaic)
女人
nǚrén
woman
女人
nǚren
wife
女伴
nǚbàn
female companion
女杰
nǚjié
woman of distinction
女佣
nǚyōng
(female) maid
女仆
nǚpú
female servant
女优
nǚyōu
actress
女儿
nǚér
daughter
HSK 1
女功
nǚgōng
variant of [[女紅|女红<nǚgōng>]]
女友
nǚyǒu
girlfriend
女同
nǚtóng
a lesbian (coll.)
女单
nǚdān
women's singles (in tennis, badminton etc)

Alternate Entries

女
rǔ
archaic variant of [[汝<rǔ>]]
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
223
Word Frequency Rank
433 of 84,292
Radical Number
38

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