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妻

Wife
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingサイ
Kun readingつま
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 5Level 20

Meanings

  1. wifeRtK
  2. spouse
  1. garnish (esp. one served with sashimi)
  2. trimmings
  3. accompaniment
  4. side (remark)

Synonyms

奥さん奥様女房嫁家内配偶者

Radicals and components

Radical女woman
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ten (十) · needle (丨) · rake · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2035

Compound words

～夫妻ふさい
Mr. & Mrs. ~
稲妻いなずま
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
後妻ごさい
second wife
妻子さいし
wife and children; wife
人妻ひとづま
married woman; another's wife
夫妻ふさい
husband and wife; married couple
良妻りょうさい
good wife
愛妻あいさい
beloved wife
悪妻あくさい
bad wife
旧妻きゅうさい
former wife
愚妻ぐさい
wife
荊妻けいさい
one's own wife
吾妻あずま
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara)
妻妾さいしょう
one's wife and mistress(es)
嫡妻ちゃくさい
one's legal wife
梵妻ぼんさい
Buddhist priest's wife
恐妻家きょうさいか
hen-pecked husband
恐妻病きょうさいびょう
wife-phobia
妻楊枝つまようじ
toothpick
一妻多夫いっさいたふ
polyandry
一夫多妻いっぷたさい
polygamy
求妻広告きゅうさいこうこく
advertisement for a wife
吾妻山薊あずまやまあざみ
Azumayama thistle
妻子眷属さいしけんぞく
one's wife, children, and other relations

On Reading Examples

鳩山さんが競馬で妻子を養っていると言っています。さいし
Hatoyama says that he supports his family by gambling on horse racing.tatoeba
今日のランチも愛妻弁当ですか？妬けますね。あいさいべんとう
Did your wife make your lunch again today? I'm so jealous.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女を妻にした。
He made her his wife.tatoeba
彼は彼の妻と仲たがいした。
He fell out with his wife.tatoeba
彼は晩餐会に妻を同伴していた。
He was accompanied by his wife at the dinner party.tatoeba
彼は二度と妻に会うことはなかった。
He was destined never to see his wife again.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Wife. ⺕ (hand with a comb) + 女 (woman) — a woman putting up her hair as a married woman.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 妻

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