女

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female; woman; daughter

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Pictograph (象形字)

A woman turned to the side

woman · Heisig RSH #102

— as a component also called: woman

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
女人	nǚ rén	woman
女人	nǚ ren	wife
女生	nǚ shēng	schoolgirl; female student; girl
女儿	nǚ ér	daughter
女孩儿	nǚ hái r	erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2]
女朋友	nǚ péng you	girlfriend
小女人	xiǎo nǚ rén	dainty and delicate girl; concubine
女人家	nǚ rén jia	women (in general)
女主人公	nǚ zhǔ rén gōng	heroine (of a novel or film); main female protagonist
女人气	nǚ rén qì	womanly temperament; femininity; effeminate (of male); cowardly; sissy
心动女	xīn dòng nǚ	(coll.) the girl of your dreams
女公子	nǚ gōng zǐ	noble lady; (honorific) your daughter
女性化	nǚ xìng huà	to feminize; feminization
女主人	nǚ zhǔ rén	hostess; mistress
黄花女儿	huáng huā nǚ ér	see 黃花閨女\|黄花闺女[huang2 hua1 gui1 nu:3]
女性主义	nǚ xìng zhǔ yì	feminism
女子	nǚ zǐ	woman; female
子女	zǐ nǚ	children; sons and daughters
女大	nǚ dà	(slang) female university student; female college student
中女	zhōng nǚ	middle-aged woman; (media term) middle-aged women regarded as a distinct social cohort

These characters use 女 as their sound component — compare how they read.