1. adjective female; feminine
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Health
    Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese (ABC 'nǚ' 1; Kroll 2015 '女' 1; Unihan '女')
  2. noun female
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A bound form in modern Chinese (ABC 'nǚ' 1; Kroll 2015 '女' 1; Unihan '女')
  3. noun Kangxi radical 38
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
    Notes: Woman (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Unihan '女')
  4. verb to marry off a daughter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 女 is synonymous with 嫁女 in this sense (Kroll 2015 '女' nǜ)
  5. noun daughter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 女 is synonymous with 女儿 in this sense. It is a bound form in modern Chinese (ABC 'nǚ' 2; Kroll 2015 '女' 2).
  6. pronoun you; thou
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A variant of 汝, used as a second person pronoun in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 77).
  7. adjective soft; feminine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '女' 3)
  8. proper noun the Maiden lunar lodging
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '女' 4)
  9. pronoun you
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 汝 second person personal pronoun (Kroll 2015 '女' rǔ)
  10. noun woman; nārī
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nārī, Japanese: jo, or: nyo, or: nyou (BCSD '女', p. 340; Mahāvyutpatti 'haraṇam'; MW 'haraṇa'; SH '女', p. 97; Unihan '女')
  11. noun daughter; duhitṛ
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: duhitṛ, Tibetan: bu mo (BCSD '女', p. 340; Mahāvyutpatti 'duhitā'; MW 'duhitṛ')

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