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女子

じょし

woman, girl

Mnemonic

Woman and child pushed together into the word that goes on a register. Eighteen of them in this class and not one called Josh じょし: じょし.

Worth knowing

女 おんな and 女性 じょせい are the plain and the formal words, and 女の子 おんなのこ and 少女 しょうじょ are a girl as a person. 女子 is the counting one, for classes, teams and doors.

Built from

woman
A pictograph, a figure kneeling, arms folded across.
child
A swaddled infant with its arms out, in three strokes.

Words sharing these kanji

she, her, girlfriend girl woman, girl woman, female girl child, kid appearance, state boy child, kid son prince chair

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