What 녀 means
It marks “woman” in some Korean words. The suffix -녀 appears in 손녀 (“granddaughter”), 그녀 (“she”), 모녀 (“mother and daughter”), and 소녀 (“girl”). The whole word supplies the meaning.
Why is 녀 written as 여? Hangul blocks join consonant ㄴ and vowel ㅕ. The Chinese character 女 (“woman”) corresponds to this word element. South Korean spelling uses 여 at a word’s start (여자) and 녀 later (남녀). Hangul was made for Korean sounds and wider literacy; Hunminjeongeum, its founding text, was promulgated in 1446.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 녀 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 녀
- Also called
- nyeo
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- 녀 meaning · 남녀 · 녀 vs 여
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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