EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Noun

    wife (esp. one's own wife)

    女房の手は店員さんより一回り小さい。
    My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
  2. court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace

  3. woman (esp. as a love interest)

    Archaic

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

woman, female

Kun
おんな
On
ジョニョニョウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
151 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

おなつき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-4SKIP code
3e0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4040.0Four corner code
1769deroo
5973Unicode hex code
1-29-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1185Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1173New Nelson (John Haig)
3418New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4226Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
98Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
178A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
114Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
62Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6036Morohashi
35A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32sakade
42Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
41henshall3
19Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
60crowley
68Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
99Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nu:3, ru3Pinyin reading
nyeo, yeoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room

Kun
ふさ
On
ボウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
808 of 2500
Radical
door
WaniKani
Level 38

Built from

Used in names as

のぶ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-1-7, 3-4-4SKIP code
4m4.2The Kanji Dictionary
3022.7Four corner code
3045deroo
623fUnicode hex code
1-43-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1819Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2053New Nelson (John Haig)
1946New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2445Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1237Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1702Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1078Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1159Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
772A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
658Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1116Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11714XMorohashi
1809A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1237Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1303Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1332Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1174Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1082Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
844Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1087Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fang2Pinyin reading
bangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
38WaniKani level