JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 3

女 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

woman; female

On
ジョjo ニョnyo ニョウnyou
Kun
おんなonna めme むすめmusume めあわせるmeawaseru なんじnanji

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

123
女3 strokes

How to write 女: stroke order

女 has 3 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

女 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes
The stroke order of 女 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

More kanji in this chapter

JLPT N5 kanji · Chapter 3