女
rǔ
#224 most
frequent character
old variant of 汝[ru3]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
女 is a picture of a woman seen from the side, kneeling. It first meant 'woman'. From there it grew to 'female'.
Drawn as: woman kneeling; side view
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