What does the kanji 女 mean?

The kanji 女 (onna) means "woman, female". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "onna"?

"onna" is written with the kanji 女, meaning "woman, female". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) じょ (jo), kunyomi (native Japanese) おんな (onna), め (me). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 女?

Write 女 ("woman") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 女?

女 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) じょ (jo), kunyomi (native Japanese) おんな (onna), め (me).

女“woman” Kanjionna / jo

JLPT N5

How to write 女

女 (woman) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

woman, female

Onyomi (音読み)

じょ jo

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

おんな onna
め me

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 女

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

女の子おんなのことキスしたことある？
Have you ever kissed a girl?
女の子 (おんなのこ)
JP#3561865bytommy_sanEN#3561877byCKCC BY 2.0 FR Tatoeba Project
女おんなについてはまだまだね。
You still have a lot to learn about women.
女 (おんな)
JP#12957280bysmall_snowEN#4945638byHybridCC BY 2.0 FR Tatoeba Project
４０人にんクラスで女子じょしは１８人にんです。
The class of forty includes eighteen girls.
女子 (じょし)
JP#235243bye4zh1nmczEN#72621— no individual contributor (Tanaka Corpus import)CC BY 2.0 FR Tatoeba Project

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Read 女 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.