女
부수: 女
획수: 3획
女 has the meanings ‘woman’, and ‘female’.
女 = 女
X = semantic
• 女 depicts the side view of a woman kneeling. This simply represents the meanings ‘woman’ and ‘female’.
Evolution:
女 = ’woman’ ➔ ’female’
Mnemonic
Look at the historical forms to see how 女 depicts a kneeling woman. The early forms had the arms extended to the front, and the later forms had the arms extended to the sides.
Vocab
| 女子 | 여자 | woman |
| 女性 | 여성 | feminine gender |
| 男女 | 남녀 | male and female |
| 少女 | 소녀 | young girl |
| 女神 | 여신 | goddess |
| 王女 | 왕녀 | princess |
| 處女 | 처녀 | maiden |
| 約婚女 | 약혼녀 | fiancée |
| 女傑 | 여걸 | heroine |
| 女給 | 여급 | waitress |
| 魔女 | 마녀 | witch |
| 仙女 | 선녀 | Taoist fairy |
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Bibliography
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 34]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 35]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 女].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 37]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.