女 nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
女生
nǚshēng
schoolgirl, female student
Characters in this word
生 shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 生 — life, lifetime
- Made of
- 𠂉 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这些女生是我的同学。 Zhèxiē nǚshēng shì wǒ de tóngxué. These girls are my classmates.
- 学校有很多女生。 Xuéxiào yǒu hěn duō nǚshēng. There are lots of girls at the school.
- 那个女生很喜欢看书。 Nàge nǚshēng hěn xǐhuan kàn shū. That girl loves reading.