女

• 拼音: nǚ
• 汉字拆解: 女 = ancient pictograph of a kneeling woman

含义

Female; woman. Used as a modifier to indicate the female gender.

Commonly placed before nouns to specify female gender, such as 女老师 (female teacher) or 女医生 (female doctor). As a standalone character, it means 'female' or 'woman.' It is also one of the most common radicals in Chinese characters related to women or femininity.

例句

1. 她是一个女老师。
2. 那个女医生很好。
3. 我们班有十个女同学。

用法指南

语境: gender, description

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 那位女老师教数学。(That female teacher teaches maths.)
• 女生在左边，男生在右边。(Girls on the left, boys on the right.)

错误说法

• 她是一个女的人。(Redundant — say 她是女人 or 她是女的, don't combine 女的 with 人)

起源与历史

An ancient pictograph depicting a woman kneeling, one of the oldest Chinese characters.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal