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女
Means
female, woman
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Memory hook
Somewhat resembles the outline of a pregnant woman.
Grammar Note
The character
女
is often combined with other characters to create a new character that has a feminine context.
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Pregnant woman at a WIC clinic in Virginia by Ken Hammond (USDA) from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pregnant_woman.jpg
, flipped horizontal, under license: Public Domain