女

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woman

On-Yomi: ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ — Kun-Yomi: おんな、め

Elements:

woman

Heisig story:

You have probably seen somewhere the form of a squatting woman drawn behind this character, with two legs at the bottom, two arms (the horizontal line) and the head poking out the top. A little farfetched, until you draw the character and feel the grace and flow of the three simple strokes. Remembering the kanji is easy; being able to write it beautifully is another thing.

Heisig comment:

* The primitive meaning is the same: woman.

Koohii stories:

1) [esaulgd] 14-1-2007(216): To remember the order of strokes, remember a female ninja is called a "kunoichi". That is, く(hiragana) ノ(katakana) 一 (kanji, ichi=one).

2) [Christine_Tham] 24-7-2007(29): My mother taught me that a woman should always sit with her legs crossed (but the arms can be stretched out).

3) [UKLukeEU] 30-12-2006(9): The woman has her legs crossed.

4) [uumai] 2-1-2013(5): When a woman becomes a ninja she is called a kunoichi (くノ一).

5) [dystopian] 20-1-2011(4): To remember the stroke order, a female ninja is called a " くノ一 ".

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