Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 4
女 woman
- Meaning
- woman
- On reading
- ジョ
- Kun reading
- おんな
Memory hook
A kneeling figure with its arms crossed in front. ジョ in compounds, おんな on its own.
Words that use 女
女
おんな
woman
女の子
おんなのこ
girl
How to write 女
Stroke order · 3 strokes
1
2
3
- 1. Down, then out to the right.
- 2. The sweep down to the left.
- 3. The horizontal across the middle.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
女 is taught on day 18 of the kanji course, alongside 人 男 子, with two writing passes and a short quiz.