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女 — female; woman; daughter

Pinyin
nǚ · rǔ
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — nǚ, rǔ — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 女: 3 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

女 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 女 in the HSK syllabus: 20

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 女nǚfemale; woman; daughterHSK 1
  2. 女儿nǚ’érdaughterHSK 1
  3. 女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriendHSK 1
  4. 女士nǚshìlady; madam; Miss; MsHSK 1
  5. 女孩儿nǚháirerhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2]HSK 2
  6. 女人nǚrénwomanHSK 3
  7. 女生nǚshēngschoolgirl; female student; girlHSK 3
  8. 父女fùnǚfather and daughterHSK 4
  9. 母女mǔnǚmother and daughter; mother-daughterHSK 4
  10. 女性nǚxìngwoman; the female sexHSK 4
  11. 孙女sūnnǚson's daughter; granddaughterHSK 4
  12. 儿女érnǚchildren; sons and daughtersHSK 5
  13. 妇女fùnǚwomanHSK 5
  14. 女子nǚzǐwoman; femaleHSK 5
  15. 子女zǐnǚchildren; sons and daughtersHSK 5
  16. 闺女guīnümaiden; unmarried woman; daughterHSK 7–9
  17. 女方nǚfāngthe bride's side; of the bride's partyHSK 7–9
  18. 女婿nǚxudaughter's husband; son-in-lawHSK 7–9
  19. 少女shàonǚgirl; young ladyHSK 7–9
  20. 仙女xiānnǚfairyHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.