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woman

HSK 1 N4
ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ
おんな、め
녀, 여
Depicts a woman sitting or squatting down.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[nǚ]
female; woman; daughter
[rǔ]
archaic variant of 汝[rǔ]
Japanese
同音

n-pref

  1. female
  2. smaller (of the two); weaker

noun

  1. archaic woman
  2. archaic wife
おんな 同音

noun

  1. woman; female (less polite than 女性 or 女の人)
  2. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
じょ 同音

noun

  1. woman; girl; daughter
  2. astronomy Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  3. grammar abbrev. feminine noun
おみな 同音
noun poetical woman
Korean
[女]
Affix
-nyeo; A suffix used to mean a woman.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
おみな
Omina female given name
によ
Niyo female given name
もとめ
Motome female given name
をみな
Omina, Womina female given name