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女 — stroke order

nǚ
ㄋㄩˇ
Meaning
woman
Strokes
3
Radical
女
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Watch how to write 女 (nǚ) stroke by stroke. 女 has 3 strokes and means “woman”. It appears in common words such as 女人 (woman) and 美女 (beautiful woman). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 女

The most common words that use 女 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

女人nǚrénwoman美女měinǚbeautiful woman女孩nǚháigirl女生nǚshēngschoolgirl女兒nǚérdaughter處女chǔnǚvirgin

How 女 is written

Radical
女
Formation
Pictographic — A woman turned to the side.

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