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妻 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
サイさい · sai
Kun
つまtsuma
Meaning
wife

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A woman arranging her hair ornament by hand; the woman who enters the house in ceremony — "wife."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサイさいsai妻子さいし夫妻ふさい良妻りょうさい
Kunつまtsuma妻つま人妻ひとづま

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 夫妻ふさい

    husband and wife

  • 妻子さいし

    wife and children

More words with this kanji

  • 妻孥さいど

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山田(やまだ)夫妻(ふさい)が家(いえ)に来(き)た。

Mr and Mrs Yamada came to the house.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 女Map of reading サイAll maps

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