Kanji女
Readingにょ
Frequency10%
Used in (43 in total)
woman; female; feminine gender
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
court lady; lady-in-waiting
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn, restaurant, or shop); landlady; hostess; mistress; female innkeeper
men and women of all ages
(young) girl
heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman
woman's body
female genitals; vulva
fairy; nymph; elf
male-to-female gender swap (in fan art and fan fiction)
female line; matrilinear
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
court lady
female bandit; female robber; woman (who distracts men's search for truth)
woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.)
practice of eating sushi or sashimi off an unclad woman's body
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
pious men and women; religious people; the faithful
barren woman; sterile woman
eldest daughter of a married couple; eldest legitimate daughter
wise woman; clever woman
sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest)
matrilineal family; family dominated by women; matriarchal family
female lay devotee; believer
pious woman
prohibition against women entering a sacred area
compassionate and gentle woman (likened to a bodhisattva); saintly woman; (arch.) courtesan; (arch.) prostitute
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women; women-only location
pious woman; female believer
a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana
Buddha or Bodhisattva appearing in female form; female incarnation; female ghost; female apparition
Nüshu script; syllabic script derived from Chinese characters
(making a) print with a female body
nyoshin-san (herbal medicine)
stone statue of a woman
female court physician (Heian era)