EntryCommonJLPT N3WaniKani 3
  1. Noun

    girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady

  2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)

    Archaic

Also written 小女【しょうじょ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

few, little

Kun
すく.ない、すこ.し
On
ショウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
287 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-4-4, 1-1-3SKIP code
3n1.1The Kanji Dictionary
9020.0Four corner code
1160deroo
5c11Unicode hex code
1-30-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
166Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1390New Nelson (John Haig)
3467New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4278Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2163Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2915Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
111Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
231A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
88Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
129Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7475Morohashi
143A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
144Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
93sakade
47Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
160henshall3
95Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
153crowley
105Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.17busy_people
512Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
107Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shao3, shao4Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

woman, female

Kun
おんな、め
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、た、つき、な

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