漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
妻: wife, spouse
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- ⺕(form)
- 女woman(meaning)
女 carries the meaning · ⺕ is drawn in
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 妻子さいしwife and children
- 妻帯者さいたいしゃa married man
- 夫妻ふさいman and wife, married couple
- 正妻せいさいlegal wife
- 後妻ごさいsecond wife
- 恐妻家きょうさいかhen-pecked husband
- 良妻賢母りょうさいけんぼgood wife and wise mother
つまtsuma · kun'yomi · on its own
- 妻つまwife
- 人妻ひとづまmarried woman, another's wife
- 稲妻いなづまlightning
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺕
Also built on ⺕
15 in allIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qī
Same form: 妻 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 妻 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 妻 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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