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See also: タ, ヌ, ㄆ, ㄡ, 又, 夂, 夊, 夕, 支, 攴, 攵, 文, 歹, 歺, 𡚦, and 𠨰

女	U+5973, 女 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5973

← 奲
[U+5972]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000022899

奴 →
[U+5974]

Category:Han script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000012069

⼥	U+2F25, ⼥ KANGXI RADICAL WOMAN

← ⼤
[U+2F24]

Kangxi Radicals Category:Kangxi Radicals block#*0000012069

⼦ →
[U+2F26]

Category:Han script characters#%20

女	U+F981, 女 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F981

← 呂
[U+F980]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Category:CJK Compatibility Ideographs block#*0000063873

廬 →
[U+F982]

Category:Unspecified script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000012955

㊛	U+329B, ㊛ CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH FEMALE

← ㊚
[U+329A]

Enclosed CJK Letters and Months Category:Enclosed CJK Letters and Months block#*0000012955

㊜ →
[U+329C]

Category:Han script characters#%20

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

See images of
Radical 38 女

Category:Han character radicals#%20

女Category:Translingual lemmas#女00女 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#女00女 Category:Translingual symbols#女00女 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#女00女 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#女00女 Category:Pages with entries#女 Category:Pages with 5 entries#女 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#女 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+0, 3 strokes, Cangjie input 女 (V), four-corner 4040₀, composition ⿻𡿨丆(GJKV) or ⿻𡿨𠂇(HT))

Category:Han char with multiple ids Category:Han script characters#女00女 Category:Translingual Han characters with definition lines#女

Kangxi radical #38, ⼥.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/女, 奻, 㚣, 姦
汝, 肗, 籹, 釹(钕), 邚, 䎟, 䶯, 㣽, 安, 娄, 耍, 要, 蒆, 䆯, 䶒, 囡
佞, 㓂, 宼, 窛, 桜, 珱, 䋝, 䧪, 巕

Additional Derived Characters

𠯆, 𡥃, 𢑒, 𫹌, 𢖵, 𣅓, 𪱴, 𤖩, 𤘙, 𤣷, 𤯕, 𫀁, 𦘽, 𫌜, 𫌳, 𧴱, 𧺜, 𨐎, 𩖠, 𩚔, 𩨚, 𫶯
𠚰, 𭴇, 𥁅, 𠕷, 𡉓, 𢇘, 𦬑, 𢨭, 𣱘, 𥤨, 𥫭, 𮡎, 𦯽, 𤕢, 𫒈, 𩁻, 𫘺, 𨳐, 𣍲

Descendants

め (Hiragana character derived from man'yōgana)
メ (Katakana character derived from man'yōgana)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 254, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6036
Dae Jaweon: page 516, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1023, character 23
Unihan data for U+5973

Unihan data for U+F981 Category:CJKV radicals#%20

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 女
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (女) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	rnaː, na
笯	rnaː, naː, *naːs
挐	rnaː, na
絮	rnaːs, nas, snas, nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	n̥ʰaːŋʔ, naː
奴	*naː
砮	naː, naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	naːʔ, naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	naʔ, nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	nja, njas
茹	nja, njaʔ, *njas
洳	nja, njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Pictogram (象形)Category:Han pictograms#女00: a woman with folded arms kneeling or standing. In the modern form, the pictogram is reversed from the Oracle Bone script form, and is "facing" toward the right edge of the character: the enclosed area (bounded on the right side by the downward-curving second stroke of the modern form) is the remnant of the figure's right arm, while the figure's left arm has disappeared.

Graphically cognate to 母 (mǔ, “mother”) and 毋, which has developed similarly, but also includes dots for distinction. Compare Egyptian 𓁐.

Similar but unrelated to 卩, in which the person kneeling has unspecified gender.

Etymology 1

trad.		女
simp. ^#		女
alternative forms		𠨰

Wikipedia has articles on:

女 (Chinese)
女 (Cantonese)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#女00 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#女00 *naq (“woman”). Compare Tibetan ཉག་མོ (nyag mo, “woman”) (Hill, 2019).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nǚ (nü³Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#女)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˇ

Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nyü³

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): nǜ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): lǚ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): нү (nü, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): neoi⁵ / neoi^5-2 / neoi^5-1

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): nu⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nui²

(Yangjiang, Jyutping++): nei²
Gan (Wiktionary): nyy³ / nyyn³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ńg

(Hailu, HRS): ng^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): n³

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): ni³
Jin (Wiktionary): ny²
Northern Min (KCR): nṳ̌
Eastern Min (BUC): nṳ̄
Category:Eastern Min terms with audio pronunciation#女00
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dy³ / ly³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lú / lí / lír

(Teochew, Peng'im): neng² / ni²

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ni²
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): nyu²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶gniu / ⁴gniu / ³gniu / ³niu / ⁴gni / ⁸gnioq / ⁴no
- (Jinhua): ³gniu; ³gni; ³na
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): nyy³

(Loudi, Wiktionary): ny³

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): ny³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǚ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: nü³
  - Yale: nyǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neu
  - Palladius: нюй (njuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nyü³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ny
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʲy⁵³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: nǜ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵³/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: lǚ
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lü³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly¹¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: нү (nü, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: neoi⁵ / neoi^5-2 / neoi^5-1
  - Yale: néuih / néui / nēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁵ / noey^5-2 / noey^5-1
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁵ / nêu^5-2 / nêu^5-1
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯¹³/, /nɵy̯¹³⁻³⁵/, /nɵy̯¹³⁻⁵⁵/

Note:

neoi5-2 - “daughter; girlfriend; girl”;
neoi5-1 - “queen”.

- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: nu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nui²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdui⁵⁵/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
  - Jyutping++: nei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nei²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyy³ / nyyn³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy²¹³/, /n̠ʲyn²¹³/

Note:

nyy3 - usual pronunciation, including “daughter”;
nyyn3 - “daughter”.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ńg
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ng³
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ng^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: n³
  - Sinological IPA: /n̩³¹/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: ni³
  - Sinological IPA: /ni⁴²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ny²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ny⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nṳ̌
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡy³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dy³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ty⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ly³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Magong, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lú
  - Tâi-lô: lú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: luo
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lu⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Taipei, Tainan): /lu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lu⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /lu⁴⁴⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Zhangpu, Jinjiang, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lí
  - Tâi-lô: lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lie
  - Sinological IPA (Jinjiang): /li⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Zhangpu, Yilan): /li⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Klang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lír
  - Tâi-lô: lír
  - Sinological IPA (Yongchun, Kinmen, Klang): /lɯ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Lukang): /lɨ⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Hui'an): /lɯ⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Nan'an): /lɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

lú - literary;
lí/lír - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: neng² / ni²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nṳ́ng / ní
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɯŋ⁵²/, /ni⁵²/

Note:

neng2 - vernacular;
ni2 - colloquial.

- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: ni²
  - Sinological IPA: /ni³¹/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: nyu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gniu
  - MiniDict: nyu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲy²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲy²³¹/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Jiaxing, Fuyang, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁴gniu
  - MiniDict: nyu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /n̠ʲy¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /n̠ʲy²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦn̠ʲy²⁴²/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /n̠ʲy²¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /n̠ʲy²¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /n̠ʲy¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /n̠ʲy¹¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /n̠ʲy²⁴/
- (Northern: Changzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³gniu
  - MiniDict: nyu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /n̠ʲy⁴⁵/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³niu
  - MiniDict: 'niu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ny⁵³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ⁴gni
  - MiniDict: nyi^上
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /n̠ʲi¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /n̠ʲi²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦn̠ʲi²⁴²/
- (Northern: Fuyang)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gnioq
  - Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /n̠ʲyoʔ²²/
- (Northern: Fuyang, Shaoxing)
  - Wugniu: ⁴no
  - MiniDict: no^上
  - Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /no²¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /no¹¹³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ³gniu; ³gni; ³na
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /n̠ʲy⁵³⁵/, /n̠ʲi⁵³⁵/, /nɑ⁵³⁵/

Note:

Northern:
- gniu - literary;
- gni/gnioq - vernacular (in 女婿);
- no - vernacular (“daughter”).
Jinhua:
- 3gniu - literary;
- 3gni/3na - vernacular.

Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: nyy³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲy⁴¹/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: ny³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁴²/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: ny³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny³³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 女
Mandarin	Beijing	/ny²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/ny²¹³/
	Tianjin	/nuei¹³/ /ny¹³/
	Jinan	/ȵy⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/ny⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ny⁵³/
	Xi'an	/ny⁵³/
	Xining	/mji⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ny⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ȵy⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/ȵy⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/y⁴²/
	Chengdu	/ȵy⁵³/
	Guiyang	/ni⁴²/
	Kunming	/ni⁵³/
	Nanjing	/ly²¹²/
	Hefei	/zz̩ʷ²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ny⁵³/
	Pingyao	/nzz̩ʷ⁵³/ ～子 /ȵy⁵³/ ～貓
	Hohhot	/ny⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵy²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵy³¹/
	Hangzhou	/nz̩ʷ⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/ȵy³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ny³⁵/
Hui	Tunxi	/ȵy²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ȵy⁴¹/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ȵy⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/ȵy²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/n̩³¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ŋ̍³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/nøy²³/
	Nanning	/ny²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/nøy¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/lu⁵³/ /li⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ny³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ny²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/nɯŋ⁵³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/nu²¹³/

Middle Chinese: nrjoX

Rime
Character	女
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼吕切
Baxter	nrjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/niɔ^X/
Wang Li	/nĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǚ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi⁵

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*nraʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*naʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	女
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nǚ
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjo^X ›
Old Chinese	/*nraʔ/
English	female
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	女
Reading #	1/2
No.	9616
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*naʔ/

Definitions

女Category:Chinese lemmas#女00 Category:Chinese hanzi#女00 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#女00 Category:Pages with entries#女 Category:Pages with 5 entries#女 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#女

woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female
Coordinate term: 男 (nán)

女人 ― nǚrén ― womanCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations

女的 ― nǚde ― woman; femaleCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations

一個女演員／一个女演员 ― yī ge nǚ yǎnyuán ― an actressCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations

一個女士兵／一个女士兵 ― yī ge nǚ shìbīng ― a female soldierCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations

請問女衛生間在哪兒？ [MSC, trad.]
请问女卫生间在哪儿？ [MSC, simp.]
Qǐngwèn nǚ wèishēngjiān zài nǎr? [Pinyin]
Excuse me, where is the ladies' lavatory?; Excuse me, where is the women's bathroom?
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples

See also: 母, 雌
daughter (Classifier: 個／个 c; 粒 c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 個/个#女00 Category:Chinese nouns classified by 粒#女00
次女 ― cì'nǚ ― second daughterCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations

佢係我個女。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢系我个女。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ hai⁶ ngo⁵ go³ neoi^5-2 [Jyutping]
She's my daughter.
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#女00) girl; young female (Classifier: 條／条 c; 班 c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 條/条#女00 Category:Chinese nouns classified by 班#女00
靚女／靓女 [Cantonese] ― leng³ neoi^5-2 [Jyutping] ― pretty girlCategory:Cantonese terms with collocations
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#女00, Teochew Category:Teochew Chinese#女00, slang Category:Chinese slang#女00) girlfriend (Classifier: 條／条 c; 粒 mn-t)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 條/条#女00Category:Chinese nouns classified by 粒#女00
Alternative form: (Teochew) 妞
- (Can we date this quote?), “脚车破尼”, 动力脚车 (lyrics)‎performed by 林锐龙:
  
  想起昨天我许粒妞　骗我感情诈我个钱 [Teochew, simp.]
  想起昨天我許粒妞　騙我感情詐我個錢 [Teochew, trad.]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation) Category:Requests for translations of Teochew quotations
  Category:Teochew terms with quotations
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#女00, card games Category:zh:Card games#女00) queen (Classifier: 張／张 c; 隻／只 c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 張/张#女00 Category:Chinese nouns classified by 隻/只#女00
(astronomy Category:zh:Astronomy#女00) the Girl (a Chinese constellation near Aquarius, 10th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions and part of the Black Turtle)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 女兒 (“daughter”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		女
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女兒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	女兒, 女花兒, 閨女, 姑娘, 丫頭
	Taiwan	女兒
	Langfang	閨妮
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	女兒
	Harbin	女兒, 姑娘, 閨女, 閨娘, 丫頭
	Shenyang	姑娘, 丫頭
	Malaysia	女兒
	Singapore	女兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	女兒, 閨女, 小棉襖 humorous
	Tangshan	閨女
	Cangzhou	閨女
	Baoding	閨女
	Shijiazhuang	閨女
	Weifang (Weicheng)	閨女
	Weifang (Fangzi)	閨女, 嫚兒
	Changle	閨女兒
	Shouguang	閨女
	Wulian	閨女, 丫頭, 嫚兒, 識字班
	Jinan	閨女
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	閨娘, 閨娘子, 女兒
	Qingdao	閨女
	Weifang (Hanting)	閨女
	Changyi	閨女, 嫚姑子
	Gaomi	閨女, 嫚兒, 嫚兒姑子
	Zhucheng	閨女
	Anqiu	閨女
	Linqu	閨女
	Qingzhou	閨女
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	妮兒
	Wanrong	女子
	Zhengzhou	閨女, 妞
	Xi'an	女, 女兒
	Xining	姑娘, 丫頭
	Xuzhou	女兒, 閨女
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	女兒, 姑娘兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	女兒, 丫頭
	Bayanhot	丫頭
	Lanzhou	女兒
	Ürümqi	女兒, 丫頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	女兒, 女, 姑娘兒, 女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒
	Wuhan	姑娘, 丫頭
	Guiyang	姑娘, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 幺女, 幺姑娘, 小丫頭, 小姑娘
	Kunming	囡兒, 姑娘
	Guilin	女兒
	Liuzhou	女, 丫頭
	Sanjiang (Danzhou)	妹崽
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	女兒, 姑娘
	Yangzhou	女兒, 姑娘
	Nantong	丫頭
	Hefei	女兒, 丫頭
	Huanggang	女兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女
	Hong Kong	女, 女女, 阿女
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	女, 妹仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	女
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿女
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿女
	Macau	女
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	女
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	女
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	女
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	女
	Foshan	女
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	女
	Foshan (Shunde)	女
	Foshan (Sanshui)	女
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	女
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	女
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	女
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	女
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	女
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	女
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	女
	Taishan	女
	Kaiping (Chikan)	女
	Enping (Niujiang)	女
	Heshan (Yayao)	女
	Dongguan	女
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	女
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	阿女
	Qingyuan	女
	Fogang	女
	Yingde (Hanguang)	女
	Yangshan	妹仔
	Lianshan (Butian)	女
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	女
	Shaoguan	女
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	女
	Renhua	女
	Lechang	女
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	女
	Sihui	女
	Guangning	女
	Deqing	女
	Huaiji	女
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	女
	Yunfu	女
	Xinxing	女
	Luoding	女
	Yunan (Pingtai)	女
	Yangjiang	桓仔, 妹仔
	Xinyi	女
	Maoming (Xinpo)	女
	Lianjiang	女
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	康女兒, 夫娘儂
	Nanning	女
	Wuzhou	女
	Yulin	女
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	女
	Guiping	女
	Mengshan (Xihe)	女
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	女
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	女
	Baise	女
	Bobai	女
Lingshan	女
Pubei	女
Qinzhou	女
Beihai	女
Beihai (Nankang)	女
Beihai (Yingpan)	女
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	女, 妹仔
Ningming	女
Hengzhou	女
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	女仔
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	女
Danzhou	女
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	女
Singapore (Guangfu)	女
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	女
Móng Cái	女
Gan	Nanchang	女, 姑娘
	Lichuan	女
	Pingxiang	女, 妹仔
Hakka	Meixian	妹仔
	Xingning	妹哩
	Dabu (Xihe)	妹兒, 女
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	阿女
	Huiyang	妹子
	Huidong (Daling)	妹仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	妹主
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	妹主
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	妹子
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	妹哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	妹哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	妹哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	妹哩
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿女
	Wengyuan	妹子
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	妹子
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	妹仔
	Liannan	妹子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	女
	Jiexi	妹
	Luhe	妹仔, 阿女
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	阿女
	Changting	妹子, 女
	Wuping	妹子
	Wuping (Yanqian)	女哩
	Wuping (Pingyu)	妹子
	Liancheng	妹子娘
	Ninghua	女
	Yudu	女, 女子
	Ningdu	女
	Ruijin	女, 女子
	Shicheng	女
	Shangyou (Shexi)	女
	Tonggu (Sandu)	妹子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	女
	Dayu	女哩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	妹仔, 妹子
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	妹仔, 妹子
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	妹仔, 妹子
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	妹, 妹子, 細妹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	妹仔, 妹子
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿女
	Hong Kong	妹子
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	妹子
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	女
	Xinyi (Sihe)	女
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	女
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	女
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	女
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	女子
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	妹𧊅, 女子
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	女
	Mengshan (Xihe)	妹子
	Luchuan	女
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	女
	Bobai (Shahe)	女
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	妹
	Mashan (Pianlian)	妹子
	Sabah (Bao'an)	妹子
	Sabah (Longchuan)	妹哩
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	妹
	Senai (Huiyang)	妹子
	Singkawang	妹子
Huizhou	Jixi	女
	Shexian	女
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	囡, 囡囝
	Xiuning	囡兒
	Yixian	囡兒
	Qimen	女, 女兒
	Wuyuan	女, 女兒, 囡
	Fuliang	女崽
	Dexing	𡚴姑
	Jingde	女伲
	Shitai (Xianyu)	女兒
Jin	Taiyuan	閨女, 姑娘, 妮子
	Pingyao	閨女, 女子
	Xinzhou	閨女
	Hohhot	閨女, 女子
	Zhangjiakou	閨女
	Handan	閨女
Northern Min	Jian'ou	阿娘囝
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	娘囝
	Songxi	阿娘囝
	Zhenghe	阿娘囝
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	娘囝
	Jianyang	阿娘囝
	Wuyishan	阿娘囝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿娘囝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	諸娘囝
	Fuzhou (Changle)	諸娘囝
	Fuqing	諸娘囝
	Yongtai	諸娘囝
	Gutian	諸娘囝
	Pingnan	諸娘囝
	Fu'an	諸娘囝
	Ningde	諸母囝
	Shouning	諸母囝
	Zhouning	諸娘囝
	Fuding	諸母囝
	Matsu	諸娘囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某囝, 查某仔
	Quanzhou	查某仔
	Yongchun	查某囝
	Zhangzhou	查某仔, 灶雞
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	查某仔
	Pinghe	查某囝, 查某仔 Xiazhai, Jiufeng, Luxi
	Zhangpu	查某仔
	Dongshan	查囝
	Taipei	查某囝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	查某囝
	Kaohsiung	查某囡仔, 查某囝
	Yilan	查某囝
	Changhua (Lukang)	查某囝
	Taichung	查某囝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	查某囝
	Tainan	查某囝
	Taitung	查某囝
	Hsinchu	查某囝
	Kinmen	查某囡仔
	Penghu (Magong)	查某囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	查某囝, 查某仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	查某囝
	Manila (Hokkien)	查某仔, 查某囝
	Longyan	查某仔
	Zhangping	查某仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	查某仔
	Datian	阿使
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	女
	Chaozhou	走囝
	Shantou	走囝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	走囝
	Jieyang	走囝
	Haifeng	查某囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	走囝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	走囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	查某囝, 走囝
	Batam (Teochew)	查某囝, 走囝
	Pontianak (Teochew)	查某囝
	Leizhou	查某囝
	Wenchang	查某囝
	Haikou	查某囝, 查囝
	Qionghai	查某囝
Puxian Min	Putian	嬸娘囝
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	嬸娘囝
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	嬸娘囝
	Xianyou	子囝
	Xianyou (Fengting)	子囝
	Xianyou (Youyang)	子囝
Central Min	Yong'an	娘囝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中母囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	女
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	女
Shehua	Fu'an	女
	Fuding	女
	Luoyuan	女
	Sanming	女
	Shunchang	女
	Hua'an	妹仔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	女
	Cangnan	女
	Jingning (Hexi)	女
	Lishui	女
	Longyou	女
	Chaozhou	女
	Fengshun	女
Wu	Shanghai	囡兒, 囡 dated, 囡兒大細 dated, 小鬼丫頭 endearing
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	囡兒, 囡
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	囡兒
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	囡
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	女小囡
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	囡
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	囡兒, 囡
	Shanghai (Jiading)	丫頭兒
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	丫頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	丫頭
	Suzhou	囡兒
	Wuxi	囡兒
	Danyang	女兒
	Hangzhou	女兒
	Ningbo	囡
	Wenzhou	奶兒
	Jinhua	囡兒, 囡, 女兒
Xiang	Changsha	女, 妹子
	Xiangtan	女, 妹唧
	Loudi	女
	Shuangfeng	女
	Quanzhou	女崽
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	女

Dialectal synonyms of 女朋友 (“girlfriend”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		女朋友, 女友
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	女朋友
	Taiwan	女朋友, 女友, 馬子 humorous or derogatory
	Singapore	女朋友
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	女朋友
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	𧊅
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	女朋友, 攀西
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女朋友, 女
	Hong Kong	女朋友, 女友, 女, 女女, 菜 derogatory
	Taishan	女朋友, 女
	Dongguan	皮油
	Singapore (Guangfu)	女朋友
Hakka	Meixian	女朋友
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細妹朋友, 女朋友
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	妹子朋友, 女朋友
	Senai (Huiyang)	貨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	女朋友
Southern Min	Xiamen	女朋友
	Shishi	女朋友
	Taipei	姼仔 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	查某朋友
	Singapore (Hokkien)	查某朋友
	Manila (Hokkien)	好的, 相好, 女朋友, 查某朋友
	Chaozhou	女朋友
	Haifeng	女朋友
	Singapore (Teochew)	查某朋友
	Leizhou	女朋友
	Singapore (Hainanese)	女朋友
Wu	Shanghai	女朋友
	Suzhou	女朋友
	Hangzhou	女朋友
	Ningbo	女朋友
	Zhoushan	女朋友
Xiang	Changsha	妹子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Dialectal synonyms of 圈兒 (“queen (playing cards)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	疙瘩, 疙瘩包
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	皮蛋, 十二
	Zhengzhou	十二, 圈
	Xi'an	圈子
	Xuzhou	皮蛋, 皮球, 球蛋
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	皮蛋, 圈子
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	皮蛋, 蛋, 環, 婆婆
	Guiyang	蛋, 蛋蛋
	Liuzhou	悶, 丘
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	皮蛋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	皮蛋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	女
	Hong Kong	女
	Taishan	女
	Nanning	敏
	Nanning (Tanka)	文
	Wuzhou	敏
	Yulin	敏
Gan	Nanchang	皮蛋
	Pengze	箍
	Lichuan	皮蛋
	Pingxiang	蛋, 皮蛋架架
Hakka	Yudu	圈子
Huizhou	Jixi	皮蛋
Jin	Taiyuan	圈兒
Southern Min	Xiamen	Q, 卵
	Shantou	箍, 𡚸, 妹
	Puning	箍
Wu	Shanghai	皮蛋
	Shanghai (Chongming)	皮蛋
	Suzhou	蛋, 皮蛋
	Ningbo	皮蛋, 蛋

Compounds

一男半女 (yīnánbànnǚ)
丁女
丈夫女
下女 (xiànǚ)
三男兩女 / 三男两女
三男四女
上門女婿 / 上门女婿
么女 (yāonǚ)
仕女 (shìnǚ)
仙女 (xiānnǚ)
仙女山 (Xiānnǚshān)
佚女
侍女 (shìnǚ)
使女 (shǐnǚ)
信女 (xìnnǚ)
倩女
倡女
修女 (xiūnǚ)
假女
兒女 / 儿女 (érnǚ)
內女 / 内女
兩娘女 / 两娘女
列女
剩女 (shèngnǚ)
北邙鄉女 / 北邙乡女
同人女
吧女 (bānǚ)
吧托女
商女 (shāngnǚ)
士女 (shìnǚ)
大男大女
天台女
天女 (tiānnǚ)
女丈夫
女丑
女中 (nǚzhōng)
女主 (nǚzhǔ)
女乘務員 / 女乘务员
女事 (nǚshì)
女人
女伎
女伶
女伴 (nǚbàn)
女低音 (nǚdīyīn)
女侍 (nǚshì)
女修士
女修道
女修道張 / 女修道张
女修道院
女傑 / 女杰
女傭 / 女佣 (nǚyōng)
女僕 / 女仆 (nǚpú)
女僧
女儐相 / 女傧相 (nǚbīnxiàng)
女優 / 女优 (nǚyōu)
女兄 (nǚxiōng)
女先
女光棍
女兒 / 女儿 (nǚ'ér)
女公
女兵
女冠
女功
女博士
女友 (nǚyǒu)
女叔
女口
女史 (nǚshǐ)
女同胞
女君
女四書 / 女四书
女國 / 女国
女垣
女士 (nǚshì)
女大不中留 (nǚ dà bù zhōng liú)
女大十八變 / 女大十八变
女大難留 / 女大难留
女大須嫁 / 女大须嫁
女夷
女奴 (nǚnú)
女妐
女妹
女娃 (nǚwá)
女姪 / 女侄
女娘 (nǚniáng)
女婢 (nǚbì)
女婿
女媒
女媧 / 女娲 (Nǚwā)
女嫁男婚
女嬰 / 女婴 (nǚyīng)
女子 (nǚzǐ)
女孩 (nǚhái)
女孫 / 女孙
女學 / 女学
女宗
女官 (nǚguān)
女室
女客
女家 (nǚjiā)
女宮 / 女宫
女宿 (Nǚxiù)
女將 / 女将 (nǚjiàng)
女工 (nǚgōng)
女巫 (nǚwū)
女市
女師 / 女师 (nǚshī)
女床
女店員 / 女店员
女廁 / 女厕 (nǚcè)
女廚 / 女厨
女弟 (nǚdì)
女強人 / 女强人 (nǚqiángrén)
女御 (nǚyù)
女德
女性 (nǚxìng)
女戎
女戶 / 女户
女房東 / 女房东
女扮男裝 / 女扮男装
女扮男身
女招的
女排 (nǚpái)
女方 (nǚfāng)
女星
女曰雞鳴 / 女曰鸡鸣
女書 / 女书 (Nǚshū)
女朋友
女校 (nǚxiào)
女樂 / 女乐
女權 / 女权 (nǚquán)
女歧
女武神
女氣 / 女气 (nǚqi)
女流 (nǚliú)
女牆 / 女墙 (nǚqiáng)
女牢
女犯
女王 (nǚwáng)
女班頭 / 女班头
女生 (nǚshēng)
女用內衣 / 女用内衣
女男
女皇 (nǚhuáng)
女監 / 女监 (nǚjiān)
女直 (Nǚzhí)
女真 (Nǚzhēn)
女眷 (nǚjuàn)
女神 (nǚshén)
女禍 / 女祸 (nǚhuò)
女秀才
女科
女童 (nǚtóng)
女管家 (nǚguǎnjiā)
女紀 / 女纪
女紅 / 女红 (nǚgōng)
女給 / 女给
女織男耕 / 女织男耕
女繼承人 / 女继承人
女聲 / 女声 (nǚshēng)
女聯會 / 女联会
女舍監 / 女舍监
女色 (nǚsè)
女花
女落子
女蘿 / 女萝 (nǚluó)
女裝 / 女装 (nǚzhuāng)
女襯衫 / 女衬衫 (nǚchènshān)
女角
女誡 / 女诫
女謁 / 女谒
女警 (nǚjǐng)
女護士 / 女护士
女貌郎才
女貞酒 / 女贞酒
女賓 / 女宾 (nǚbīn)
女起解
女身
女車 / 女车
女轎 / 女轿
女郎 (nǚláng)
女酒
女錢 / 女钱
女長須嫁 / 女长须嫁
女閭 / 女闾
女陰 / 女阴 (nǚyīn)
女陪堂
女隸 / 女隶
女青年會 / 女青年会
女鞋
女高 (nǚgāo)
女魃
奼女 / 姹女
妓女 (jìnǚ)
妖女 (yāonǚ)
妻女 (qīnǚ)
姪女 / 侄女 (zhínǚ)
婦女 / 妇女 (fùnǚ)
娼女 (chāngnǚ)
婢女 (bìnǚ)
媛女
婺女
嫁女 (jiànǚ)
嬌女 / 娇女 (jiāonǚ)
嬖女
子女 (zǐnǚ)
孝女 (xiàonǚ)
孤女 (gūnǚ)
季女
孟姜女 (Mèngjiāngnǚ)
孫女 / 孙女 (sūnnǚ)
宅女 (zháinǚ)
宗女
宦女
室女 (shìnǚ)
宮女 / 宫女 (gōngnǚ)
寒女
實女 / 实女
寡女
寸男尺女
小女 (xiǎonǚ)
少女 (shàonǚ)
工女
帝女
幼女 (yòunǚ)
彭女山
從女 / 从女
怨女 (yuànnǚ)
息女 (xīnǚ)
愛女 / 爱女 (àinǚ)
才女 (cáinǚ)
扣女
拖兒帶女 / 拖儿带女
拖男帶女 / 拖男带女
拖男挈女
拖男挾女 / 拖男挟女
攜男抱女 / 携男抱女
攜男挈女 / 携男挈女
暖女
有女同車 / 有女同车
有女懷春 / 有女怀春
榜女
檀郎謝女 / 檀郎谢女
次女 (cìnǚ)
欺男霸女 (qīnánbànǚ)
歌女 (gēnǚ)
歸女 / 归女
母女 (mǔnǚ)
河女之章
海女
浣女
淑女 (shūnǚ)
游女
港女 (gǎngnǚ)
烈女 (liènǚ)
煙花女 / 烟花女 (yānhuānǚ)
熟女 (shúnǚ)
燕女
父女 (fùnǚ)
牛女
狐女
獨生女 / 独生女 (dúshēngnǚ)
玄女 (Xuánnǚ)
王女 (wángnǚ)
玉女 (yùnǚ)
生兒育女 / 生儿育女 (shēng'éryùnǚ)
生男育女
甥女 (shēngnǚ)
男唱女隨 / 男唱女随
男女 (nánnǚ)
男婚女嫁
男婚女聘
男媒女妁
男尊女卑 (nánzūnnǚbēi)
男左女右 (nánzuǒnǚyòu)
男歡女愛 / 男欢女爱 (nánhuānnǚ'ài)
男男女女 (nánnánnǚnǚ)
男盜女娼 / 男盗女娼 (nándàonǚchāng)
男耕女織 / 男耕女织 (nángēngnǚzhī)
白毛女
相女配夫
石女 (shínǚ)
石女山 (Shínǚshān)
神女 (shénnǚ)
秀女
秦川女
稚女
童女 (tóngnǚ)
節女 / 节女
紅女 / 红女
紅男綠女 / 红男绿女 (hóngnánlǜnǚ)
素女 (Sùnǚ)
納女 / 纳女
綵女 / 彩女 (cǎinǚ)
綠女紅男 / 绿女红男
縊女 / 缢女 (yìnǚ)
織女 / 织女 (zhīnǚ)
繼女 / 继女 (jìnǚ)
羅剎女 / 罗刹女
美女 (měinǚ)
美容女
義女 / 义女 (yìnǚ)
老女
老女歸宗 / 老女归宗
聖女貞德 / 圣女贞德 (Shèngnǚ Zhēndé)
舞女 (wǔnǚ)
茶花女
薄命女
處女 / 处女
蜑女
蠶女 / 蚕女
衒女
裸女 (luǒnǚ)
貞女 / 贞女 (zhēnnǚ)
貧女分光 / 贫女分光
貴女 / 贵女
賈女香 / 贾女香
賣兒鬻女 / 卖儿鬻女 (mài'éryùnǚ)
越女
農家女 / 农家女
逆女
郎才女姿
郎才女貌
鄰女窺牆 / 邻女窥墙
鄭衛之女 / 郑卫之女
酒家女
酒托女
醜女效顰 / 丑女效颦
采女 (cǎinǚ)
重男輕女 / 重男轻女 (zhòngnánqīngnǚ)
鑑湖女俠 / 鉴湖女侠
閨女 / 闺女
陪唱女 (péichàngnǚ)
青女
靚女 / 靓女
靜女 / 静女
養女 / 养女 (yǎngnǚ)
餪女 / 𫗬女
鬻兒賣女 / 鬻儿卖女
魔女 (mónǚ)
魯女憂葵 / 鲁女忧葵
黃花女 / 黄花女 (huánghuānǚ)
點繡女 / 点绣女
齊女 / 齐女
龍女 / 龙女

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (女):

→ Japanese: 女(じょ) (jo)
→ Korean: 여(女) (yeo)
→ Vietnamese: nữ (女Category:Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes#女)

Etymology 2

Exoactive derivation of etymology 1 (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nǜ (nü⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#女)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): neoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nǜ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nyù
  - Wade–Giles: nü⁴
  - Yale: nyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuh
  - Palladius: нюй (njuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: neoi⁶
  - Yale: neuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɵy̯²²/

Middle Chinese: nrjoH

Rime
Character	女
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼據切
Baxter	nrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/niɔ^H/
Wang Li	/nĭo^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*nraʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*nas/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	女
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	nǜ
Middle Chinese	‹ nrjo^H ›
Old Chinese	/*nraʔ-s/
English	give as a wife
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	女
Reading #	2/2
No.	9618
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	女
Old Chinese	/*nas/

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Definitions

女Category:Chinese lemmas#女00 Category:Chinese hanzi#女00 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#女00 Category:Pages with entries#女 Category:Pages with 5 entries#女 Category:Pages with raw sortkeys#女

(obsolete Category:Chinese terms with obsolete senses#女00) to give one's daughter in marriage; to give as wife
- 宋雍氏女於鄭莊公，曰雍姞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  宋雍氏女于郑庄公，曰雍姞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Sòng Yōngshì nǜ yú Zhèng Zhuānggōng, yuē Yōng Jí. [Pinyin]
  The officer Yong of Song had married off a daughter, called Yong Ji [雍姞; Yong was the father's clan name (氏); Ji the surname (姓)] to duke Zhuang of Zheng.
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
- 殷辛伐有蘇，有蘇氏以妲己女焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  殷辛伐有苏，有苏氏以妲己女焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Guoyu, circa 4^th century BCE
  Yīnxīn fá yǒusū, yǒusū shì yǐ dájǐ nǜ yān. [Pinyin]
  Xin of Yin attacked Yousu; Lord Yousu married off his daughter Da Ji [to him].
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 女Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#女 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#女 – see 汝 (“you”). (This character is a variant form of 汝).

References

“女”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#女 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#女 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#女 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Category:Beginning Mandarin#女00 Category:zh:People#女00 Category:zh:Female people#女00

Japanese

Kanji

女

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#女00 Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#女00 Category:Japanese first grade kanji#女00 Category:Japanese kyōiku kanji#女00 Category:Japanese jōyō kanji#女00

Readings

Compounds

女(じょ)王(おう) (joō), 女(じょう)王(おう) (jōō), 女(にょ)王(おう) (nyoō, “queen”)
女(じょ)医(い) (joi, “female doctor”)
少(しょう)女(じょ) (shōjo, “young girl, style of anime for young women”)
女(じょ)系(けい) (jokei, “woman-succession; matrilineal”)
女(じょ)傑(けつ) (joketsu, “brave woman”)
女(じょ)権(けん) (joken, “women's rights”)
女(じょ)史(し) (joshi, “Ms.”)
女(じょ)中(ちゅう) (jochū, “maid”)
処(しょ)女(じょ) (shojo, “virgin, maiden”)
女(じょ)子(し) (joshi, “girl”)
女(じょ)児(じ) (joji, “female infant”)
女(じょ)神(しん) (joshin)
女(じょ)性(せい) (josei, “woman”)
女(じょ)声(せい) (josei, “female voice”)
女(じょ)婿(せい), 女(じょ)壻(せい) (josei, “son-in-law”)
女(じょ)帝(てい) (jotei, “empress”)
女(じょ)優(ゆう) (joyū, “actress”)
女(じょ)流(りゅう) (joryū, “female”)
女(じょ)郎(ろう) (jorō, “prostitute”)
女(にょ)官(かん) (nyokan, “court lady”)
女(にょ)性(しょう) (nyoshō)
女(にょ)将(しょう) (nyoshō, “mistress, hostess”)
女(にょ)人(にん) (nyonin, “woman”)
女(にょう)房(ぼう) (nyōbō, “wife”)
悪(あく)女(じょ) (akujo)
王(おう)女(じょ) (ōjo), 王(おう)女(にょ) (ōnyo, “princess”)
皇(おう)女(じょ) (ōjo)
宮(きゅう)女(じょ) (kyūjo)
孝(こう)女(じょ) (kōjo, “filial daughter”)
工(こう)女(じょ) (kōjo, “female worker”)
皇(こう)女(じょ) (kōjo, “imperial princess”)
才(さい)女(じょ) (saijo)
子(し)女(じょ) (shijo)
二(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)
次(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)
侍(じ)女(じょ) (jijo)
淑(しゅく)女(じょ) (shukujo)
信(しん)女(にょ) (shinnyo)
仙(せん)女(にょ) (sennyo), 仙(せん)女(じょ) (senjo, “fairy, nymph, elf”)
善(ぜん)女(にょ) (zennyo)
- 善(ぜん)男(なん)善(ぜん)女(にょ) (zennan zennyo)
息(そく)女(じょ) (sokujo, “daughter”, honorific)
男(だん)女(じょ) (danjo)
男(だん)尊(そん)女(じょ)卑(ひ) (dansonjohi)
痴(ち)女(じょ) (chijo, “slut, female libertine”)
長(ちょう)女(じょ) (chōjo, “eldest daughter”)
天(てん)女(にょ) (tennyo)
東(トン)女(じょ) (tonjo)
男(なん)女(にょ) (nannyo)
- 老(ろう)若(にゃく)男(なん)女(にょ) (rōnyaku nannyo)
美(び)女(じょ) (bijo, “beauty, belle”)
本(ぽん)女(じょ) (ponjo)
魔(ま)女(じょ) (majo, “witch”)
遊(ゆう)女(じょ) (yūjo)
幼(よう)女(じょ) (yōjo)
養(よう)女(じょ) (yōjo)
老(ろう)女(じょ) (rōjo)
女将(おかみ) (okami)
女形(おやま) (oyama)
貴女(あなた) (anata)
海女(あま) (ama)
瞽女(ごぜ) (goze)
女衒(ぜげん) (zegen)
侍女(まかたち), 従女(まかたち) (makatachi)
巫女(みこ) (miko)
皇女(みこ) (miko)
湯女(ゆな) (yuna)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
女
おんな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 女 read as おんな#おんな Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#おんな Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#おんな

⟨womi₁na⟩ → */womʲina/ → /womʉna/ → /wonːa/ → /onːa/

Shift from Old Japanese Category:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#おんな Category:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#おんな womina → omina. See the 女 (omina)Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#女 Category:Japanese links with manual fragments#女 entry for further details.

Now one of the standard Japanese words for "a woman".

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おんな [òńnáꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [õ̞nːa̠]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#おんな
Audio: (file)
Category:Japanese terms with audio pronunciation#おんな

Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#おんな Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#おんな

(Kyōto) おんなCategory:Japanese terms with redundant script codes#女 [óꜜǹnà] (Kōki)^[3]

Noun

a female person
Antonym: 男 (otoko)
(specifically) a woman, an adult female
Antonym: 男 (otoko)
a wife
Synonyms: 妻 (tsuma), 女房 (nyōbō)
a mistress, concubine
Synonyms: 愛人 (aijin), 情婦 (jōfu), 妾 (mekake)
a maid
Synonyms: 下女 (gejo), 女中 (jochū)
a prostitute
Synonyms: 淫売婦 (inbaifu), 女郎 (jorō), 売春婦 (baishunfu), 遊女 (yūjo)
a woman's appearance or quality
a feminine object
the object in a pairing which is smaller, gentler, etc. than the other
(vulgar Category:Japanese vulgarities#おんな) girlfriend
人(ひと)の女(おんな)に手(て)を出(だ)すな！
Hito no onna ni te o dasuna!
Don't you fuckin' dare touch someone else's girl!
Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#おんな Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#おんな

Usage notes

Often used with 人 (hito) in the phrase 女の人 (onna no hito) to avoid sounding too blunt, or with 方 (kata) in the phrase 女の方 (onna no kata) to show politeness.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
女
おみな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 女 read as おみな#おみな Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#おみな Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#おみな

⟨womi₁na⟩ → */womʲina/ → /omina/

From Old Japanese Category:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#おんな Category:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#おんな.^[4]

The initial /wo/ expressed "small, youth" and contrasted with /o/ "grown, old" (as in 嫗 (omina, “old woman”)), while the medial /mi/ is cognate with 女 (me, “female, woman”, see below). According to Frellesvig (2010), proto-Japonic /e/ became Old Japanese [je] in final position and [i] elsewhere; analogous with PJ /o/, which became OJ [wo] in final position and [u] elsewhere (though PJ /i/ and /u/ also existed, compare Old Japanese 火's two readings /po/ & /pu/ in Western & Eastern Old Japanese, respectively (Vovin, 2017)).