Abstract: There are totally 238 words with radicals“女”. From these words we can see the change of female social status in the early periods. The change is mainly refleted at three levels: firstly, during the period of matrilineal commune, females were the core of the clan and had the highest status; secondly, during the period of paternal commune, female status declined a lot, only mothers were respected; thirdly, pretty women were only men's toys or tools of breeding later generations. Men dallied with women and bel...