Woman
Female
noun
When a kanji is alone and doesn't have any okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) it's usually going to take the same meaning as the kanji it comes from. So in this case, you know that this word means woman.
But watch out! Using 女 on its own can often come off as blunt and disrespectful, especially in casual chats. We’ll introduce you to neutral equivalents soon!
When a word is a single kanji with no okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) it tends to use a kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn the kun'yomi reading when you learned the kanji itself, so let's use a mnemonic to remember the vocab word.
There's a woman in front of you. Who is she? She's Mona (おんな) Lisa!
バーに三人の女がいる。
There are three women at the bar.
女のニンジャのことを「九ノ一」という。
Female ninjas are called "kunoichi."
あの女は、とても力のある女スパイだ。
That woman is a very powerful female spy.