好
JLPT HSK 1

hǎo, hào
Left: woman 女, right: child 子 (A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two support-seeking arms 一.)
Women and children are good.

	她
JLPT HSK 1

tā
Left: woman 女, right: also/too 也 (shows a twisted creature like snake or scorpion.)
A woman is also a "She".

	女
JLPT HSK 1

nǚ

Image of a sitting woman with crossed legs and spread arms.

	妈
JLPT HSK 1

mā
Left: woman 女, right: horse 马 (=馬 with mane, four legs 灬 und tail ㄅ)
The woman who works as hard as a horse, is my mother.

	姐
JLPT HSK 1

jiě
Left: woman 女, right: furthermore 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)
(From a child's point of view) The woman as tall as a stone-pile is my elder sister.

	始
JLPT HSK 2

shǐ
Left: woman 女, right: platform 台 (The nose 厶 over the mouth 口 is like a platform.)
The lady on the platform begins.

	要
JLPT HSK 2

yāo, yào
Top: west 覀/西 (Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.) [Here: 覀 as a handbag with a big handle], bottom: woman 女
A handbag is for women: a need.

	妻
JLPT HSK 2

qī, qì
From top: ten 十, hand /彐, woman 女
(very hardworking) The ten-handed woman: that's my wife.

	姓
JLPT HSK 2

xìng
Left: woman 女, right: life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)
The woman lives under her family name.

	妹
JLPT HSK 2

mèi
left: woman 女, right: not yet, immature 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".)
This woman, who is "not yet a woman", is my: younger sister.

	奶
JLPT HSK 2

nǎi
Left: woman 女, right: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly [side view] cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)
A woman with a pregnancy belly has breasts for feeding.

	如
JLPT HSK 3

rú
Left: woman 女, right: mouth 口
The women's mouths are as such.

	安
JLPT HSK 3

ān
Top: roof 宀, below: woman 女
Under the roof, a woman makes it peaceful.

	婚
JLPT HSK 3

hūn
Left: woman 女, right: dusk/nightfall 昏 (The family 氏 sits in the sun 日 at dusk.)
The woman comes into the family/clan 氏 at the day 日 of the marriage.

	接
JLPT HSK 3

jiē
Left: hand 扌, right: stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.

	姨
JLPT HSK 3

yí
Left: woman 女, right: barbarian 夷 (= They have big 大 bows 弓) - (Here: variation of younger brother 第. His bamboo 竹 was simplified to a line 一)
The woman, who is like my younger brother is the younger aunt.

	妙
JLPT HSK 5

miào
Left: woman 女, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
Among women, there are few who are clever and wonderful???

	娘
JLPT HSK 5

niáng
Left: woman 女, right: good 良
The woman who is good, is the mother.

	婆
JLPT HSK 5

pó
Top: wave 波 (The water 氵has this skin 皮) [skin 皮 = A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂], below: woman 女
The 'waved' (= with wrinkled skin) woman is my: grandmother.

	妇
JLPT HSK 5

fù
Left: woman 女, right: hand /彐 (traditional: 婦 with a broom in the hand)
The woman who gave her hand, is a married woman.

	腰
JLPT HSK 5

yāo
Left: body part 月/肉, right: need/request 要 (A handbag 覀/西 is, what women 女 need.) [west 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.]
(Asian women have less 'butt':) A body part of western 西 women is the waist.

	媒
JLPT HSK 5

méi
Left: woman 女, right: a certain 某 (the sweet 甘 tree 木 is a certain)
The women go to the sweet tree, that is acting as intermediary (matchmaker).

	威
JLPT HSK 5

wēi
Outside: garrison 戍 (persons 人 (= ノ+一) with halberds 戈), inside: woman 女
If a person with a halberd is above a woman, he has authority.

	嫩
JLPT HSK 5

nèn
Left: woman 女, right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/攴= hand 又 with stick 卜]
(Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft.

	姑
JLPT HSK 5

gū
Left: woman 女, right: old 古 (originally a skull, but better the image of a tomb stone)
The woman who is old, is the paternal aunt.

	妨
JLPT HSK 5

fáng
Left: woman 女, right: direction/square 方
A woman at my side would be obstructing???

	姿
JLPT HSK 5

zī
Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠 [yawning person], what comes next?), below: woman 女
My next woman will have a great apperance.

	委
JLPT HSK 5

wēi, wěi
Top: rice plant 禾, bottom: woman 女
Rice plants can women be entrusted.

	姻
JLPT HSK 5

yīn
Left: woman 女, right: cause/reason 因 (For the fence 囗 around the tall person 大 is a reason.)
Women are the cause of marriage connections.

	嫁
JLPT HSK 5

jià
Left: woman 女, right: household 家 (Under the roof 宀 with the personal pig 豕)
The woman for the household is the bride.

	宴
JLPT HSK 5

yàn
From top: roof 宀, sun 日, woman 女
Under the roof the sunny woman hosts a banquet.

	娱
JLPT HSK 5

yú
Left: woman 女, right: 吴 (mouth 口 and sky 天)
A woman with a mouth that is heaven-like, can be entertaining.

	娶
JLPT HSK 5

qǔ
Top: take, fetch 取 (at ear 耳 by hand 又 to grasp), bottom: woman 女
To "take a woman" means to marry.

	姥
JLPT HSK 5

lǎo, mǔ
Left: woman 女, right: old, experienced 老 (old man 耂 as a sitting person 匕)
The woman of the old sitting man is: the grandmother.

	姆
JLPT HSK 6

mǔ
Left: woman 女, right: mother 母 (= woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)
This woman stand for the mother: The nanny!

	嫌
JLPT HSK 6

xián
Left: woman 女, right: combine, twice, concurrently 兼 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants 禾 combined.)
(Women want a monogamous partnership:) If women do it in combination, she dislikes it.

	娃
JLPT HSK 6

wá
Left: woman 女, right: double earth 圭
The woman brings behind the two heaps of earth the baby to the earth.

	妥
JLPT HSK 6

tuǒ
Top: hand reaching down 爫, below: woman 女
The hands reaching down (= caring) of the women settle the suitable adequately.

	妄
JLPT HSK 6

wàng
Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), below: woman 女
The death of his woman, he considered to be: absurd.

	婴
JLPT HSK 6

yīng
Top: 2x money 贝 (here: nipple 人 in a sucking mouth 冂), bottom: woman 女
Sucking mouths at the woman's nipples indicate infants/babies.

	嫂
JLPT HSK 6

sǎo
Left: woman 女, right: old gentleman 叟 (supports himself with hands E, 彐 on a stick 丨, which serves as 3rd hand 又.)
The woman of the old gentleman is that sister-in-law.

	娇
JLPT HSK 6

jiāo
Left: woman 女, right: tall 乔 (top:夭, here: sky 天: [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall.])
A woman with sky-long legs is tender and frail.

	耍
JLPT HSK 6

shuǎ
Top: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿), bottom: woman 女
The beards are liked by women: To play with.

	凄
JLPT HSK 6

qī
Left: ice 冫, right: wife 妻 (The ten 十-handed woman 女 is my [hardworking] wife.)
My ice-cold wife makes me: sad.

	媳
JLPT HSK 6

xí
Left: woman 女, right: breath 息 (I myself 自 and my heart 心 need a breath.)
The wife of him who derives from 'myself' and has my heart: My daugther in law.

	妒
JLPT HSK 6

dù
Left: woman 女, right: sliding door 戸
The woman (behind) the sliding door is full of envy.

	妆
JLPT HSK 6

zhuāng
Left: bed丬 (here: mirror丨 with a wall holder 冫), right: woman 女
In front of the mirror is the woman doing the: make-up.

	嫉
JLPT HSK 6

jí
Left: woman 女, right: illness/quick 疾 (The disease 疒 is arrow-矢-like fast, because it makes sick quickly.)
This woman is sick of jealousy.

	奴
JLPT HSK 6

nú
Left: woman 女, right: hand 又
Women's hands work like slaves.

	婪
JLPT HSK 6

lán
Top: forest 林, bottom: women 女
Whoever sees the "forest" (= personal property) above "women" (= social contacts) is greedy.

	姬
JLPT no HSK

jī
Left: woman 女, right: minister, state official 臣 (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister)
The woman for the state official is the concubine.

	姜
JLPT no HSK

jiāng
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: woman 女
The sheep is spiced by the woman with: ginger.

	娜
JLPT no HSK

nuó
Left: woman 女, right: this, those 那 (A double-二 edged sword 刀 in the village⻏, what means this?)
The woman with that double-edged sword in the village, wants to be elegant.

	妓
JLPT no HSK

jì
Left: woman 女, right: support, twig 支 (hand 又 that holds a twig 十)
The woman shows with a twig, that she is a prostitute.

	樱
JLPT no HSK

yīng
Left: tree 木, right: infant, baby 婴 (Sucking mouths 冂 at the nipples 人 of the woman 女 indicate infants/babies - Here: 贝 as hanging cherries
The tree with hanging cherries for the woman is: the cherry.

	娥
JLPT no HSK

é
Left: woman 女, right: I, me 我 (In my hand 手 a halberd 戈 and I am myself.)
The woman of mine is good and beautiful.

	绥
JLPT no HSK

suí
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle sth. adequately 妥 (The hands 爫 of the women 女 settle the suitable)
(When taming animals) Threads settle adequately the: pacifying.

	婉
JLPT no HSK

wǎn
Left: woman 女, right: "as if", similar 宛 (When I at home 宀 in the evening 夕 slump 㔾 (e.g. on the TV-coach) it's always just similar.)
(a particular ideal of beauty) Women who are similar, are for him: appealing.

	娅
JLPT no HSK

yà
Left: woman 女, right: relatively weak 亚 (Put a plank 一 on the volcanic vent 业 because is relatively weak.)
The woman with the weak (family relation) is the: daughter-in-law.

	姊
JLPT no HSK

zǐ
Left: woman 女, right: variant of younger brother 弟
The woman who takes care of the half-finished younger brother is: the older sister.

	妖
JLPT no HSK

yāo
Left: woman 女, right: early death 夭 (don't mistake with sky 天)
The woman, who brings the early death is a witch.

	婶
JLPT no HSK

shěn
Left: woman 女, right: to examine, to investigate 审
The woman who talks (very much) under the roof is: this aunt.

	婢
JLPT no HSK

bì
Left: woman 女, vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)
The woman which is vulgar/low is: the maid servant.

	奸
JLPT no HSK

jiān
Left: woman 女, right: dry 干 (laundry rack)
The woman who is conspicuously "dry" is the traitor.

	媚
JLPT no HSK

mèi
Left: woman 女, right: eyebrow 眉 (The eye 目 is framed 尸 by a lateral eyebrow.)
Women can use the eyebrows for flattering.

	婿
JLPT no HSK

xù
Left: woman 女, right: 胥 (var. of correct/proper 正, body 月)
The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.

	汝
JLPT no HSK

rǔ
Left: water 氵, right: woman 女
Water and women, that is needed by: you!

	嫦
JLPT no HSK

cháng
Left: woman 女, right: usually 常 (His esteem 尚 is given to this cloth 巾 usually.)
A woman should usually be in the moon.

	妮
JLPT no HSK

nī
Left woman 女, right: buddist nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.

	妞
JLPT no HSK

niū
Left: woman 女, right: ugly 丑 (The devil 鬼 was simplified to the ugly: 丑, here: part of mother 母)
The woman, who is only a part of a mother is: a young girl.

	娴
JLPT no HSK

xián
Left: woman 女, right: leasure, free time 闲 (Through the gate 门/門 out to the trees 木, when you are at leisure)
(With experience, the work goes faster) If the woman wants free time, she has to be skilled.

	娟
JLPT no HSK

juān
Left: woman 女, right: small worm 肙 (The head 口 is as big as the body 月/肉)
(elegant restraint) A woman who is like a small worm, is considered as graceful?

	妾
JLPT no HSK

qiè
Top: to stand 立, bottom: woman 女
The standing woman is the: concubine.

	妃
JLPT no HSK

fēi
Left: woman 女, right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
The woman herself is a concubine.

	姚
JLPT no HSK

yáo
Left: woman 女, right: sign, omen 兆 (cracks in a turtle shell, used for divination.)
A woman has the "signs" of good looking.

	菇
JLPT no HSK

gū
Top: plant 艹, bottom: paternal aunt 姑 (the woman 女 who is old 古)
The plants (collected) by the old women, are the: mushrooms.

	霎
JLPT no HSK

shà
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: concubine 妾 (The standing 立 woman 女 is the: concubine.)
In the rain is standing a woman (and says:) It came suddenly.

	嬉
JLPT no HSK

xī
Left: woman 女, right: to be happy, enjoy 喜 (A scholar 士 with beans 豆 in his mouth 口 is happy.)
Women are happy with amusement.

	嫖
JLPT no HSK

piáo
Left: woman 女, right: ticket, bank note 票 (In the west 覀/西 you show 示 your ticket) [West: 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west]
For the woman you need a ticket, when: visiting a prostitute.

	堰
JLPT no HSK

yàn
Left: earth 土, right: 匽 (frame 匚, sun 日 (here: simplified field 田), woman 女)
The earth that (protects) as a frame the (simplified) fields and the women is: a dam.

	鹦
JLPT no HSK

yīng
Left: infant, baby 婴 (Sucking mouths 冂 at the nipples 人 of the woman 女 indicate infants/babies), right: bird 鸟
Like an infant (talks) this bird: the parrot.

	嫣
JLPT no HSK

yān
Left: woman 女, right: where, how 焉 (Is it correct 正, that the bird 鳥 has no head: How? Where?)
The woman does it correctly when being like a bird: captivatingly beautiful.

	妊
JLPT no HSK

rèn
Left: woman 女, right: burden 壬 (spindle on which a thread is wound up)
The woman carries the burden of pregnancy.

	娼
JLPT no HSK

chāng
Left: woman 女, right: to flourish 昌 (Two suns 日 and it is flourishing)
The woman like two suns is: the prostitute.

	娠
JLPT no HSK

shēn
Left: woman 女, right: early morning 辰 = image of: plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
Women who were "plowed" are in pregnancy.

	婷
JLPT no HSK

tíng
Left: woman 女, right: pavilion, kiosk 亭 (Tall like a high 高 nail 丁 is this pavilion.)
The woman (vendor) at the kiosk (pavilion) is graceful.

	嫡
JLPT no HSK

dí
Left: woman 女, right: old emperor (mélange of emperor 帝 [He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾] and old 古)
The (first) wife of the old emperor stands for the line of descent.

	姗
JLPT no HSK

shān
Left: woman 女, right: book, booklet 册 (Here: two person 冂 walking hand-in-hand 一)
When women go 'hand-in-hand', they: proceeding slowly.

	媲
JLPT no HSK

pì
Left: woman 女, right: variat. of trash can 㐫, to compare: 比 (There are two sitting 匕 persons: Compare them)
When the woman puts something in the trash can and then compares it, everything inside is in: matching /pairing.

	婵
JLPT no HSK

chán
Left: woman 女, right: single, indibidual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one.)
The woman is the only/single beautiful.

	嫔
JLPT no HSK

pín
Left: woman 女, right: guest, visitor 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
The woman for the guests is a concubine.

	娓
JLPT no HSK

wěi
Left: woman 女, right: tail, remainder 尾 (The hair 毛 at the buttocks 尸)
Women with (horse)tails can be enchanting.