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妻

妻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つま、夫の配偶者。
  2. めあわす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。女性の髪に手が触れるさまを象るが、字形の由来は定かではない。「つま」を意味する漢語｛妻｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wife, spouse

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイElem.
Kun (native)
  • つまElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • ずま
  • め
Other languages
  • 拼音qi1
  • 拼音qi4
  • 한글cheo
  • Hán-ViệtThê
  • Hán-ViệtThế

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+59BB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱⿻[:-1]十⺕女

Words using this kanji

  • 妻つま（つま）男から見て、女の配偶者。(文章語または謙譲語) （つま）建物の側面や。 （さい）男から見て、女の配偶者。(謙譲語、明治まで)wife, garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings, accompaniment
  • 妻子さいし（さいし / つまこ / めこ）と。 （さいし / めこ）妻。wife and children, wife
  • 妻帯さいたい妻を持つこと。男性の既婚者。having a wife, marrying (a woman), marriage
  • 妻さい（つま）男から見て、女の配偶者。(文章語または謙譲語) （つま）建物の側面や。 （さい）男から見て、女の配偶者。(謙譲語、明治まで)one's wife
  • 妻つま（つま）男から見て、女の配偶者。(文章語または謙譲語) （つま）建物の側面や。 （さい）男から見て、女の配偶者。(謙譲語、明治まで)my dear, dear, honey
  • 妻女さいじょ妻と娘。one's wife, one's wife and daughter or daughters
  • 妻戸つまど(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home, door to a pavilion in a Heian-period palace
  • 妻妾さいしょうone's wife and mistress(es)
  • 妻室さいしつ妻。女房。家内。wife
  • 妻壁つまかべgable wall
  • 妻帯者さいたいしゃmarried man
  • 妻の命つまのみことyou (referring to one's spouse or partner), dear
  • 妻問婚つまどいこんtype of marriage where the man merely visits his wife without living with her, duolocal marriage
  • 妻入りつまいりJapanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides
  • 妻鈍ジーさいのろジーに惚気て、言いなりとなっている人やこと。さいのろ。uxoriousness, being easy on one's wife, man who is easy on his wife
  • 妻子持ちさいしもちman with wife and kids
  • 妻子眷属さいしけんぞくone's wife, children, and other relations, one's whole family
  • 妻子を携えるさいしをたずさえるto be accompanied by one's family

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-5-3
Four Corner
5040.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e5.10
Heisig
2035
Nelson
1206