女 nǚ female; woman

Number of strokes 3

Radical

Index 38 used in: 好 hǎo (good) ; 安 ān (peace) ; 女 nǚ (woman) ; 她 tā (she) ; 姐 jiě (elder sister) ; 妇 fù (woman) ; 妹 mèi (younger sister) ; 如 rú (as) ; 始 shǐ (to begin) ; 妈 mā (mother) ; 奶 nǎi (milk) ; 矮 ǎi (low) ; 要 yào (want) ; 姑 gū (paternal aunt) ; 姓 xìng (surname) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building)

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Sounds same

女 nǚ (woman)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

男女平等 nán nǔ píng děng Treating men and women the same

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