woman, female
女 centers on the concept of a woman or female person. It is the basic character for female gender and appears as a component in many related kanji.
女 is a pictograph of a woman, originally showing a kneeling or seated figure with arms crossed. The modern form is highly stylized but retains the basic human shape.
The three strokes suggest a person with a curving body and crossed arms: a woman. The shape is simple and feminine.
For ジョ, imagine a woman named Jo: Jo -> ジョ. Picture Jo standing with her arms crossed just like the 女 shape.
woman; female
woman; female
she; her
woman; girl
girl; daughter; baby girl
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady
actress; female actor
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
queen
beautiful woman
witch
girls' high school
goddess
virgin (usu. female); maiden
women's college; women's university
princess
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines
girl; baby girl
wife (esp. one's own wife)
second daughter
female doctor
young female rice planter; young girl
lady
sons and daughters; children
men and women of all ages
woman (writer, artist, aviator, etc.)
wicked woman
lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician)
maidservant; housemaid; maid
imperial princess
elderly woman
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
girls' school
woman; womankind
womanly; ladylike; feminine
onnagata; male actor in female kabuki roles
women and children
ugly woman; unattractive woman
one daughter
third daughter
woman
female high school student
feminine; effeminate
sexual assault (of a woman); rape