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女woman

woman. 3 strokes. 24 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 1 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning womanStrokes 3Characters 24

How to write 女

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Stroke order chart for the 女 radical — 3 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 24 characters below, 14 are pictophonetic with 女 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 24 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 女 family

HSK 1 · 7

好hǎo她tā妈mā姐jiě妹mèi女nǚ奶nǎi

HSK 2 · 2

如rú姓xìng

HSK 3 · 5

媒méi姑gū娘niang始shǐ婚hūn

HSK 4 · 4

姨yí妻qī妇fù婆pó

HSK 5 · 1

委wěi

HSK 6 · 5

妙miào娃wá威wēi娱yú嫌xián

Words they appear in

比(bǐ)如(rú)for example, such as
用来举出一个例子
比(bǐ)如(rú)说(shuō)namely, that is to say
举出例子来进一步说明
不(bù)好(hǎo)意(yì)思(si)embarrassed, sorry
因为做得不够好而感到难为情
不(bù)如(rú)not as good as, better to
比较后发现这样做没有另一种好
好(hǎo)处(chù)benefit, advantage
对人有利、值得珍惜的方面
好(hǎo)多(duō)many, quite a lot
数量相当多
好(hǎo)久(jiǔ)a long time, quite a while
过去了相当长的一段时间
好(hǎo)人(rén)good person, virtuous soul
心地善良、乐于助人的人
好(hǎo)事(shì)good deed, charitable act
对别人有帮助的善举
好(hǎo)像(xiàng)to seem, look like
看起来跟另一种事物相似
例(lì)如(rú)for example
用来举出具体的事例
如(rú)果(guǒ)if
表示一种假设的情况
挺(tǐng)好(hǎo)pretty good
表示相当不错、令人满意
姓(xìng)surname, to be surnamed
指一个人家族世代相传的称呼