JO NYO NYOU onna (woman)

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Character Etymology:

From a pictograph of a kneeling woman with outstretched arms.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: JOU NYO NYOU
kun-yomi: onna me

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: ona ta tsuki na

English Definitions:

1. JOU, NYO, NYOU: woman, girl, daughter.
2. onna, omina: woman, female, sweetheart, girl.
3. onna(rashii): womanly, ladylike.
4. onna(datera) ni: unladylike.
5. me-: female.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 1173
Henshall: 35

Unicode Encoded Version:

女

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

女房 (nyoubou): wife.
女の子 (onna no ko): girl.
女神 (megami): goddess.
女郎 (jorou): prostitute; geisha.
女学生 (jogakusei): girl's school.

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