女 nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
女性
nǚxìng
woman; female
Characters in this word
性 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 生 life, lifetime
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 女性也很强。 Nǚxìng yě hěn qiáng. Women are strong too.
- 她是女性。 Tā shì nǚxìng. She is female.
- 女性喜欢这里。 Nǚxìng xǐhuan zhèlǐ. Women like this place.