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女 kanji
woman, female
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
ジョニョニョウ
Kun readings
おんなめ
Words with 女
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —女性解放women's liberation; emancipation of women
- —女真文字Jurchen script
- —独身女性single woman; spinster
- —女子生徒schoolgirl; female student
- —女権主義feminism
- —男女格差gender gap; male-female divide
- —女流文学women's writing; literature written by women
- —理系女子woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist
- —女性活用empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace
- —貧困女子women with low disposable incomes; poverty girls
- —女性性器female genitalia; female genital organs
- —既婚女性married woman
- —肉食女子carnivorous female; predatory woman; aggressive woman who takes the initiative in relationships with men; woman who likes eating meat
- —輝く女性women who excel; women in prominent positions
- —女性経験sexual experience (with women)
- —成人女性adult female; woman
- —紳士淑女ladies and gentlemen
- —美男美女beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
- —少女趣味(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)
- —彼女なり(in) her way; peculiar to her