The 女 Radical · woman
Radical 38. The 105 characters in our dictionary built on the 女 radical, most common first.
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- 好ㄏㄠˇgood; fine; well; okay; suitable; easy to do; very; to like; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 她ㄊㄚPronoun; she; her; used for females.
- 如ㄖㄨˊAs; like; as if; as though; to go to; to reach; to compare with; to follow; to obey; to conform to; indicating an example.
- 女ㄋㄩˇFemale; woman; girl; daughter; feminine; relating to females; also a name for a lunar mansion and a radical.
- 始ㄕˇTo begin or start; then or only then; formerly or once; initially or originally.
- 媽ㄇㄚMother; mom; mama; term of address for mother or elder women in mother's generation; also used for older women or female servants or generally older women.
- 委ㄨㄟˇTo entrust or appoint someone to a task; to shift or cast aside blame; to accumulate; winding; dejected; committee member; to wither.
- 姓ㄒㄧㄥˋFamily name; surname; clan; people; to be surnamed.
- 婚ㄏㄨㄣMarriage; wedding; to marry; the act of getting married.
- 妳ㄋㄧˇPronoun for you, specifically addressing a female; used in Taiwan; variant of the character for milk.
- 威ㄨㄟPower; might; prestige; influence; authority; to awe; to intimidate; to coerce
- 媒ㄇㄟˊmatchmaker; intermediary; go-between; a medium for communication; abbr. for media
- 婦ㄈㄨˋA married woman; wife; daughter-in-law; a general term for women; relating to women.
- 妻ㄑㄧWife; a man's formal spouse; to marry off a daughter; to marry a woman.
- 妹ㄇㄟˋYounger sister; term for a younger female relative or peer; self-deprecating term for a young woman; generally refers to a young girl.
- 姐ㄐㄧㄝˇOlder sister; term of address for a slightly older woman; young lady; Miss.
- 姊ㄗˇOlder sister; term for an elder female peer or senior in a group; also used for elder sister in Taiwan.
- 婆ㄆㄛˊAn old woman; grandmother; mother-in-law; a term for certain professional women in the past; slang for a femme in a lesbian relationship.
- 奶ㄋㄞˇBreast; milk; to breastfeed; informal term for mother; relating to infancy.
- 嫌ㄒㄧㄢˊto dislike; to hate; to be dissatisfied with; suspicion; to suspect; to be wary of; to resent
- 娘ㄋㄧㄤˊYoung lady; mother; wife; term of address for an older woman or married woman; formerly, a respectful term for a female employer; (coll.) effeminate.
- 妙ㄇㄧㄠˋWonderful; clever; exquisite; mysterious; subtle; interesting; young; a surname.
- 姆ㄇㄨˇA female tutor or governess, especially for children; a nanny or caregiver for children; used in compound words like mother.
- 嬰ㄧㄥinfant; baby; to surround; to entangle; to tie up; to wear; to offend
- 姑ㄍㄨPaternal aunt; husband's sister; nun; for the time being (literary); a general term for a woman.
- 姿ㄗAppearance; looks; bearing; posture; manner; disposition; beauty; talent; quality; virtue; to allow; to indulge.
- 姻ㄧㄣMarriage connections; relatives by marriage; the matter of marriage; pertaining to relatives by marriage.
- 妝ㄓㄨㄤMakeup or cosmetics for adorning oneself; to apply makeup; adornment; trousseau; stage costume and makeup.
- 嫁ㄐㄧㄚˋTo marry (of a woman); to marry off a daughter; to shift blame or responsibility onto someone else.
- 嬤ㄇㄚA dialectal or obsolete term for mother; also used in Taiwan as a variant of mother.
- 妥ㄊㄨㄛˇSuitable; adequate; proper; settled; safe and sound; to fall or drop; a surname.
- 娜ㄋㄚˋUsed in female names; elegant; graceful; delicate.
- 娃ㄨㄚˊbaby; child; doll; pretty girl
- 妨ㄈㄤˊto hinder; to obstruct; to impede; in negative or interrogative contexts, it means no harm or what harm.
- 妮ㄋㄧˊGirl; young woman; often used in female given names; can also mean maid or servant girl.
- 奴ㄋㄨˊslave; servant; a humble self-reference (archaic); a derogatory term for a person; to enslave or control.
- 娛ㄩˊTo amuse; to entertain; pleasure; enjoyment; delight; recreation.
- 妃ㄈㄟImperial concubine, especially of an emperor, prince, or feudal lord; spouse; wife; a respectful term for a goddess.
- 姨ㄧˊMother's sister; aunt; wife's sister; concubine.
- 娶ㄑㄩˇTo take a wife; to marry a woman; to wed; to get married (used for a man marrying a woman).
- 媳ㄒㄧˊDaughter-in-law; a son's wife; also used for a younger brother's wife or a nephew's wife.
- 嫩ㄋㄣˋYoung and tender; soft; delicate; inexperienced or unskilled; lightly cooked (food); light in color.
- 嬌ㄐㄧㄠTender and lovable; delicate; pampered; to dote on; a beautiful woman.
- 妖ㄧㄠBewitching or enchanting; a monster, demon, or goblin; strange or supernatural; a violation of natural order; oddly dressed or behaving improperly.
- 妄ㄨㄤˋPresumptuous; reckless; absurd; fantastic; groundless; false; arrogant; acting improperly; arrogant.
- 婉ㄨㄢˇGraceful; amiable; restrained; pleasant; beautiful; tactful; gentle and agreeable.
- 妓ㄐㄧˋA prostitute; a woman who provides sexual services for payment; historically, a female entertainer who sang and danced for guests.
- 姬ㄐㄧA surname; a term for a woman or imperial concubine; archaic term for a female entertainer or courtesan.
- 妒ㄉㄨˋTo envy someone's success or talent; to be jealous of another's advantages; to feel resentful when others surpass oneself.
- 婿ㄒㄩˋson-in-law; husband; a wife may refer to her husband as '婿'.
- 嫉ㄐㄧˊjealousy; to be jealous of; to envy; to hate
- 奸ㄐㄧㄢWicked; crafty; a traitor; to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape; to seek an audience; to seek something.
- 媚ㄇㄟˋCharming; attractive; to flatter or please someone; to love.
- 嫂ㄙㄠˇOlder brother's wife; sister-in-law; a polite term of address for a friend's wife or another woman.
- 妾ㄑㄧㄝˋA man's concubine or secondary wife; a woman's humble self-reference in ancient times.
- 嬉ㄒㄧTo play; to have fun; to amuse oneself; to laugh or smile merrily.
- 姚ㄧㄠˊA surname; handsome or good-looking; elegant; beautiful appearance; distant.
- 姦ㄐㄧㄢEvil person; to commit adultery or rape; illicit sexual relations; to defile; to disrupt or cause trouble; cunning or wicked.
- 姪ㄓˊBrother's child; nephew or niece; sometimes used for children of friends or relatives; also a self-referential term for a younger person addressing an elder.
- 姜ㄐㄧㄤA surname; ginger (spice); a type of plant.
- 婪ㄌㄢˊGreedy; covetous; avaricious; excessively desirous of wealth or possessions.
- 嬸ㄕㄣˇWife of father's younger brother; term for husband's younger brother's wife; respectful term for an older married woman.
- 嫡ㄉㄧˊOf or by the legal wife, as opposed to a concubine; the legitimate child of the main wife; main or principal; closest in bloodline.
- 媛ㄩㄢˋBeautiful woman; a polite or formal term of address for a woman; used in the set phrase 嬋媛 (chan2 yuan2) meaning graceful or elegant.
- 娓ㄨㄟˇTo comply or be agreeable; beautiful; diligent and tireless; used in the reduplicated form 娓娓 to describe speaking in a gentle, continuous, and engaging manner.
- 婷ㄊㄧㄥˊGraceful; pretty; attractive; having a beautiful appearance; often used in compounds to describe a graceful posture or demeanor.
- 婢ㄅㄧˋA female servant or maid; historically, a slave girl or a woman from a criminal's family forced into servitude; also a humble self-reference for women.
- 姥ㄌㄠˇOld woman; maternal grandmother; governess or nanny for children.
- 娟ㄐㄩㄢBeautiful; graceful; pretty; lovely; elegant; fair.
- 娥ㄜˊBeautiful; good; a beautiful woman; often used in names for women.
- 嫻ㄒㄧㄢˊRefined; elegant; graceful; to be skilled or proficient at something.
- 妞ㄋㄧㄡA term of endearment for a girl; a little girl; a daughter.
- 嬪ㄆㄧㄣˊA term of respect for a woman; an imperial concubine or consort; a palace lady-in-waiting; to marry or become a wife.
- 媲ㄆㄧˋTo match or be equal to; to compare favorably with; to be comparable to.
- 娼ㄔㄤprostitute; harlot; whore
- 姍ㄕㄢTo slander or ridicule; to proceed slowly; used in the word 姍姍 (shānshān) meaning slow-moving or graceful.
- 嫖ㄆㄧㄠˊto visit a prostitute; to frequent a place for sex work
- 嫣ㄧㄢLovely; charming; beautiful; pretty; attractive; radiant; often used in names.
- 孀ㄕㄨㄤWidow; a woman whose spouse has died; used in compounds.
- 嬴ㄧㄥˊA surname; to win, to be victorious; to have a surplus; to carry or bear.
- 娩ㄇㄧㄢˇTo give birth to a child; to be complaisant or agreeable; (Taiwan) to have a beautiful and charming appearance.
- 婁ㄌㄡˊA surname; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy; to wear; hollow; repeatedly.
- 妊ㄖㄣˋPregnant; pregnancy; to conceive.
- 娠ㄕㄣPregnant; to be with child; pregnancy; fetus.
- 嫵ㄨˇCharming; enchanting; attractive; used in the word 嫵媚 (wǔmèi) meaning charming or enchanting.
- 娑ㄙㄨㄛUsed in the word 婆娑 (pósuō), meaning to dance or frolic; also used as a particle similar to 個 (gè), with no inherent meaning.
- 姣ㄐㄧㄠˇPretty; beautiful; handsome; cunning; surname Jiao.
- 嫦ㄔㄤˊName of the moon goddess Chang'e; used in female given names.
- 妤ㄩˊA female given name element; historically a title for a palace lady-in-waiting; also used in the term 婕妤.
- 婊ㄅㄧㄠˇwhore; prostitute; a derogatory term for a woman considered immoral or promiscuous.
- 妍ㄧㄢˊBeautiful; handsome; attractive; pretty; lovely; fair; gorgeous; comely; elegant; graceful.
- 嫗ㄩˋAn old woman; to brood over or protect something; a general term for a woman or mother.
- 婀ㄜGraceful; willowy; beautiful; often used in the word 婀娜 (ē nuó) to describe a woman's graceful bearing.
- 媾ㄍㄡˋTo marry; to have sexual intercourse; to negotiate peace or reach an agreement.
- 嬋ㄔㄢˊBeautiful; graceful; lovely; often used in compound words referring to beauty or elegance.
- 妯ㄓㄡˊWives of one's brothers; sister-in-law relationship between brothers' wives.
- 娌ㄌㄧˇSister-in-law; specifically, the wife of one's husband's brother; used in the term 妯娌 (zhōulǐ).
- 妁ㄕㄨㄛˋMatchmaker for the bride's family; surname Shuo.
- 娣ㄉㄧˋYounger sister; sister-in-law, specifically a husband's younger brother's wife; ancient term for a wife of a younger woman; ancient general term for younger sister.
- 嫘ㄌㄟˊA surname; historically associated with Lei Zu, consort of the Yellow Emperor and credited with inventing sericulture.