Woman Radical (女) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
女 is the woman radical. It appears in 33 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 女 mean?
Woman radical · 女 nǚ · 3 strokes · woman, female
It usually appears on the left, or at the bottom. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 女
女 itself: A woman turned to the side
12 common characters with 女
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 要 | yào | want; order | A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀 |
| 好 | hǎo | good, well | A woman 女 with a son 子 |
| 她 | tā | she, her | A woman 女 beside you 也 |
| 如 | rú | like, as, as if; such as | A wife 女 following her husband's words 口 |
| 始 | shǐ | begin, start | 台 supplies the sound |
| 安 | ān | calm, at ease | A woman 女 safe in a house 宀 |
| 妈 | mā | ma, mum | 马 supplies the sound |
| 委 | wěi | used in 委蛇 | |
| 妇 | fù | woman | Simplified form of 婦; a woman 女 with a broom 彐 |
| 婚 | hūn | marriage | 昏 supplies the sound |
| 姐 | jiě | elder sister | 且 supplies the sound |
| 娘 | niáng | mother, mum | 良 supplies the sound |
Related Radicals
- 夂Follow radical · zhǐ11 common characters · to follow; to go slowly
- 夕Evening radical · xī10 common characters · evening; sunset
- 大Big radical · dà24 common characters · big, large
- 子Child radical · zǐ14 common characters · child; seed
- 宀Roof radical · mián39 common characters · a roof
- 寸Inch radical · cùn23 common characters · inch; a hand measuring
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