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åĨŗ
JLPT N5 SL1 3 strokes Frequency: #151

Meanings

Woman, Female

Radicals

åĨŗ

Decomposition

īŧŸ

Etymology

Pictographic: A woman turned to the side

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 3

Stroke Order

1 curve right-to-left
2 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ジョ jo
ニョ nyo
ニョã‚Ļ nyou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
おんãĒ onna
め me

Words Using This Kanji

746 words total
Other (20 words)
åĨŗčĄ† おんãĒしゅう

women

åĨŗįŽ‹å›Ŋ じょおうこく

queendom

åĨŗæ€§čnj じょせいし

women's magazine

åĨŗæ€§æ€§å™¨ じょせいせいき

female genitalia

æ—ĸ劚åĨŗæ€§ きこんじょせい

married woman

å…ŦåĨŗ こうじょ

young noblewoman

æ—ĸåĨŗ きじょ

married woman

ᔎåĨŗåˆĨ だんじょずつ

by gender

č‚‰éŖŸįŗģåĨŗå­ ãĢくしょくけいじょし

carnivorous female

ãƒ€ãƒĄåĨŗ ãƒ€ãƒĄãŠã‚“ãĒ

no-good woman

æš—č€…åĨŗ くらもぎおんãĒ

prostitute working in clandestine brothel (Edo period)

č‚‰éŖŸåĨŗå­ ãĢくしょくじょし

carnivorous female

įžŽé­”åĨŗ ãŗãžã˜ã‚‡

middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")

こじらせåĨŗå­ こじらせじょし

girl who has low self esteem

古åĨŗæˆŋ ãĩるãĢょうãŧう

good old wife

åĨŗæ­Ŗæœˆ おんãĒしょうがつ

15th day of the New Year (when women would belatedly do their New Year's greetings or go back to their parents' homes; in Kyoto and Osaka)

åĨŗåŊš おんãĒやく

female role (e.g. in film)

čŧãåĨŗæ€§ かがやくじょせい

women who excel

äģåĨŗ ãļつじょ

woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images

åĨŗäŊ“化 ãĢょたいか

male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)