Radical 38

女
Radical 38 (U+2F25)
女 (U+5973) "woman, female"
Pinyin:	nǚ
Bopomofo:	ㄋㄩˇ
Wade–Giles:	nü3
Jyutping:	neoi5
Cantonese Yale:	néuih
Hiragana:	ジョ, おんな jo, onna
Kanji:	女偏 onnahen
Hangul:	계집 gyejip
Sino-Korean:	녀 (여) nyeo
Stroke order animation

Radical 38 meaning "woman" or "female" is 1 of 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 681 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 38

• 
  Oracle bone script character
• 
  Bronze script character
• 
  Great seal script character
• 
  Small seal script character

strokes	character
without additional strokes	女
2 additional strokes	奴 奵 奶
3 additional strokes	奷 奸 她 奺 奻 奼 好 奾 奿 妀 妁 如 妃 妄 妅 妆 妇 妈 娄
4 additional strokes	妉 妊 妋 妌 妍 妎 妏 妐 妑 妒 妓 妔 妕 妖 妗 妘 妙 妚 妛 妜 妝 妞 妟 妠 妡 妢 妣 妤 妥 妦 妧 妨 妩 妪 妫
5 additional strokes	妬 妭 妮 妯 妰 妱 妲 妳 妴 妵 妶 妷 妸 妹 妺 妻 妼 妽 妾 妿 姀 姁 姂 姃 姄 姅 姆 姇 姈 姉 姊 始 姌 姍 姎 姏 姐 姑 姒 姓 委 姕 姖 姗
6 additional strokes	姘 姙 姚 姛 姜 姝 姞 姟 姠 姡 姢 姣 姤 姥 姦 姧 姨 姩 姪 姫 姬 姭 姮 姯 姰 姱 姲 姳 姴 姵 姶 姷 姸 姹 姺 姻 姼 姽 姾 姿 娀 威 娂 娃 娅 娆 娇 娈
7 additional strokes	娉 娊 娋 娌 娍 娎 娏 娐 娑 娒 娓 娔 娕 娖 娗 娘 娙 娚 娛 娜 娝 娞 娟 娠 娡 娢 娣 娤 娥 娦 娧 娨 娩 娪 娫 娬 娭 娮 娯 娰 娱 娲 娳 娴
8 additional strokes	娵 娶 娷 娸 娹 娺 娻 娼 娽 娾 娿 婀 婁 婂 婃 婄 婅 婆 婇 婈 婉 婊 婋 婌 婍 婎 婏 婐 婑 婒 婓 婔 婕 婖 婗 婘 婙 婚 婛 婜 婝 婞 婟 婠 婡 婢 婣 婤 婥 婦 婧 婨 婩 婪 婫 婬 婭 婮 婯 婰 婱 婲 婳 婴 婵 婶
9 additional strokes	婷 婸 婹 婺 婻 婼 婽 婾 婿 媀 媁 媂 媃 媄 媅 媆 媇 媈 媉 媊 媋 媌 媍 媎 媏 媐 媑 媒 媓 媔 媕 媖 媗 媘 媙 媚 媛媜 媝 媞 媟 媠 媡 媢 媣 媤 媥 媦 媧 媨 媩 媪 媫 媬 媭 媮 媯
10 additional stroke	媰 媱 媲 媳 媴 媵 媶 媷 媸 媹 媺 媻 媼 媽 媾 媿 嫀 嫁 嫂 嫃 嫄 嫅 嫆嫇 嫈 嫉 嫊 嫋 嫌 嫍 嫎 嫏 嫐 嫑 嫒 嫓 嫔 嫕 嫖
11 additional strokes	嫗 嫘 嫙 嫚 嫛 嫜 嫝 嫞 嫟 嫠 嫡 嫢 嫣 嫤 嫥 嫦 嫧 嫨 嫩 嫪 嫫 嫬 嫭 嫮 嫯 嫰 嫱 嫲 嫳 嫴
12 additional strokes	嫵 嫶 嫷 嫸 嫹 嫺 嫻 嫼 嫽 嫾 嫿 嬀 嬁 嬂 嬃 嬄 嬅 嬆 嬇 嬈 嬉 嬊 嬋 嬌 嬍 嬎 嬏
13 additional strokes	嬐 嬑 嬒 嬓 嬔 嬕 嬖 嬗 嬘 嬙 嬚 嬛 嬜 嬝 嬞 嬟 嬠 嬡 嬢
14 additional strokes	嬣 嬤 嬥 嬦 嬧 嬨 嬩 嬪 嬫 嬬 嬭 嬮 嬯 嬰 嬱 嬲 嬳 嬴 嬵 嬶
15 additional strokes	嬷 嬸 嬺 嬻 嬼
16 additional strokes	嬹 嬽 嬾 嬿
17 additional strokes	孀 孁 孂 孃 孄 孅 孆
18 additional strokes	孇 孈 孉
19 additional strokes	孊 孋 孌 孍
21 additional strokes	孎 孏

Literature

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
• Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+5973