Primarily used in compounds or as a suffix (e.g., 女性, 長女). As a standalone noun, it is somewhat literary or formal; in everyday speech, 女性 or 女の人 is more common.
彼女は三人姉妹の長女です。
She is the eldest daughter of three sisters.
この大学は女子学生の割合が高い。
This university has a high proportion of female students.
Chinese "Girl" constellation
Astronomy term: one of the 28 Chinese lunar mansions, part of the Black Tortoise (玄武) group. Rare outside specialized contexts.
One of the 28 lunar mansions is called 'Girl'.
In French, 'fille' is a feminine noun, sometimes abbreviated as 女 in dictionaries.
woman; female · feminine gender
she; her · girlfriend
woman; girl
actress; female actor
men and women; both sexes
queen · female champion
beautiful woman
witch; sorceress
virgin; maiden · virgin; untouched; unspoiled · maiden; first; debut
female clothing; cross-dressing (by a man)
princess; daughter of a king or queen
you (honorific, to a woman) · noblewoman; lady
little girl; young girl
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
girl; baby girl · schoolgirl; girl pupil
second daughter
female doctor; woman doctor
they (female); them (female)
lady; refined woman · (female) pervert
sons and daughters; children · girl; young woman
female (professional); woman (in a field)
wicked woman; evil woman · ugly woman
girls' college; girls' academy
lady; distinguished woman · Ms.; Mrs.; Miss
empress
saint; holy woman
imperial princess
schoolgirl; female student
female line; matrilineal
prostitute; courtesan
The kanji 女 is a pictograph of a woman. The reading じょ is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi, used in compounds. The standalone use as a noun is less common than the native reading おんな.