Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
woman, female
Kun:
おんな
On:
ジョニョニョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 女 【ジョ】 woman, girl, daughter, Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), feminine noun
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 処女 【ショジョ】 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest), unspoiled by human activity, debut, maiden (e.g. voyage)
  • 一女 【イチジョ】 one daughter, eldest daughter, first-born daughter
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 老若男女 【ロウニャクナンニョ】 men and women of all ages
  • 天女 【テンニョ】 heavenly nymph, celestial maiden, beautiful and kind woman
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 女官 【ジョカン】 court lady, lady-in-waiting

Kun reading compounds

  • 女 【おんな】 woman, female, female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
  • 女形 【おんながた】 onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles, female partner (in a relationship)
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress
  • 雌 【め】 female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman, wife
  • 女神 【めがみ】 goddess, female deity
  • 早乙女 【さおとめ】 young female rice planter, young girl
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Japanese names:
おな、 た、 つき、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:3, ru3
Korean:
nyeo, yeo

Spanish

  • femenino
  • mujer

Portuguese

  • mulher
  • fêmea

French

  • femme
  • féminin
32 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
35 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
178 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
62 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
114 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
423 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
99 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6036 Morohashi
3418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 New Nelson (John Haig)
98 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
19 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1769 2001 Kanji
3e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4040.0 Four corner code
1-29-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5973 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
captured, criminal, arrest, catch
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 囚 【シュウ】 imprisonment, captive, prisoner
  • 囚人 【シュウジン】 prisoner, convict
  • 確定死刑囚 【カクテイシケイシュウ】 criminal condemned to death, convict on death row
  • 罪囚 【ザイシュウ】 prisoner, convict

Kun reading compounds

  • 囚われる 【とらわれる】 to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • esclavitud
  • prisión
  • cautividad
  • esclavizar
  • encarcelar

Portuguese

  • cativo
  • criminoso
  • prisão
  • pegar

French

  • capturer
  • criminel
  • arrêter
  • attraper
  • prison
1353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1830 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1024 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1538 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1146 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1258 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1717 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
336 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3776 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1027 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4680 Morohashi
3042 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
937 New Nelson (John Haig)
1018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1094 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1044 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
3s2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-28-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56da Unicode hex code