妾 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

menu_bookMeaning

concubine

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ショウ

Kun (native)

• めかけ
• そばめ
• わらわ

Other languages

• 拼音qie4
• 한글cheob
• Hán-ViệtThiếp

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

子(こ)

JIS level

Level 1

Unicode

U+59BE

grid_viewComponents

• 女おんな
• 立たつ

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱立女

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 妾めかけ（めかけ）正妻以外で、妻同様に扶養する女性。 （わらわ）女性の古い謙称。mistress, kept woman, concubine
• 妾わらわ（めかけ）正妻以外で、妻同様に扶養する女性。 （わらわ）女性の古い謙称。I, me
• 妾しょう（めかけ）正妻以外で、妻同様に扶養する女性。 （わらわ）女性の古い謙称。mistress, kept woman, concubine, I
• 妾腹しょうふくから生まれたこと。また、その子。illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
• 妾出しょうしゅつ妾の子として出生すること。また、そのような人。illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
• 妾宅しょうたくを住まわせるための居宅。house in which a mistress is kept
• 妾奉公めかけぼうこうserving as a concubine

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(16 results)

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infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-5-3

Four Corner

0040.4

Spahn–Hadamitzky

5b3.2

Heisig

2667

Nelson

3346