Ancient carved pictogram that became 女

THE RADICAL SHED

The woman radical

Radical · women, family relations

女

A kneeling figure. Mothers, sisters and, unfairly enough, many old words about marriage.

14 of the 51 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

好B1
好hǎogood好吃hǎochītasty; delicious好看hǎokàngood-looking好听hǎotīngpleasant to hear
女B1
女nǚfemale; woman女儿nǚ’érdaughter女朋友nǚpéngyougirlfriend女士nǚshìlady; madam
奶B1
牛奶niúnǎimilk奶茶nǎichámilk tea奶奶nǎinaigrandma; paternal grandmother酸奶suānnǎiyogurt
姐B1
姐姐jiějieolder sister姐妹jiěmèisisters小姐xiǎojiěyoung lady
妈B1
妈妈māmamother; mom大妈dàmāauntie (older woman)
妹B1
妹妹mèimeiyounger sister姐妹jiěmèisisters
她B1
她tāshe; her她们tāmenthey; them for females
始B2
开始kāishǐto begin; to start始终shǐzhōngfrom beginning to end原始yuánshǐoriginal; primitive; first创始人chuàngshǐréncreator
姓B2
姓xìngsurname; family name姓名xìngmíngfull name贵姓guìxìngwhat is your surname?老百姓lǎobǎixìngordinary people
妻B2
妻子qīziwife夫妻fūqīhusband and wife
如B3
比如bǐrúfor example; such as如果rúguǒif; in case不如bùrúnot as good as; inferior to例如lìrúfor example; for instance
婚B3
结婚jiéhūnto marry; to get married婚礼hūnlǐwedding ceremony离婚líhūnto divorce订婚dìnghūnto get engaged
姨B3
阿姨āyíaunt; auntie姨yímother's sister; aunt
姑B4
姑娘gūnianggirl; young woman姑姑gūgupaternal aunt姑且gūqiěfor the time being
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