woman

Made up of [ female; woman radical 38, snout radical 58]
Alternative traditional form of character:
Made with 6 strokes.
Simplified form of a woman with a broom meaning wife or married woman
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Related characters


Also uses component: ǎi (low) ān (peace) ; (paternal aunt) ; hǎo (good) ; hūn (to marry) ; jiě (elder sister) ; lóu (multi-story building) ; (mother) ; mèi (younger sister) ; nǎi (milk) ; (as) ; shǐ (to begin) ; (she) ; wàng (absurd) ; xìng (surname) ; yào (want)
Also uses component: dāng (to be) guī (to return)

Sounds same

; (father) ; (rich) ; ('left ear') ; (place)

Different tone

(husband) ; (good fortune) ; (not) ; (clothes) ; (to trust)

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Proverbs

巧妇难为无米之炊 qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī You need to assemble the right materials for a job
再作冯妇 zài zuò féng fù Returning to old ways and habits. Feng Fu was a renowned tiger hunter from the state of Jin in the Zhou dynasty. After a successful career he vowed never to hurt another living thing. However when he chanced upon a local hunt for a vicious tiger he could not resist temptation to go back to old ways and killed the tiger single handed.