女

Meanings: woman, female, women On Readings: ジョ jo, ニョ nyo Kun Readings: おんな onna, め me Most Used Pronunciation: onna JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 女 Stroke Number: 3

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Common jukugo
彼女 - かのじょ kano jo - 1) she/her 2) girlfriend
女の子 - おんな　の　こ onna no ko - girl
女優 - じょ　ゆう jo yuu - actress
男女 - だん　じょ dan jo - men and women
少女 - しょう　じょ shou jo - young girl
砂の女 - すな　の　おんあ suna no onna - Woman of Sand -- a novel by Abe Kobo

Useful Examples
Japanese: あなたは女らしいです。
Romaji: anata wa onna rashii desu.
English: You are (very) lady like.

Japanese: 彼は直感で彼女が嘘をついているとわかった。
Romaji: kare wa chokkan de kanojo ga uso o tsuiteiru to wakatta.
Literal: He intuition by her is lying knew.
English: His intuition told him she was lying.

Japanese: 彼女は有罪の評決を下された。
Romaji: kanojo wa yuuzai no hyouketsu wo kudasareta.
Literal: her as-for guilt's verdict was given
English: She was given a verdict of guilty.

Japanese: その歌を聞くとある少女を思い出す。
Romaji: sono uta o kiku to aru shoujo o omoidasu.
English: The song reminds me of a girl.

Japanese: その少女はいつも母親のあとをついて回っていた。
Romaji: sono shoujo wa itsumo hahaoya no ato o tsuite mawatte ita.
English: The girl was always following her mother.

Japanese: 数人の少女が門のそばに立っている。
Romaji: suunin no shoujo ga mon no soba ni tatte iru.
English: Several girls are standing beside the gate.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
Think of a woman dancing

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.