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婢 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
ヒひ · hi
Kun
はしためhashitame
Meaning
maidservant (historical)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Woman 女 with 卑 as phonetic: a woman in service; a word from the old status system.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 奴婢ぬひ

    bondservants (historical)

  • 下婢かひ

    maidservant (historical)

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

律令(りつりょう)には奴婢(どひ)の扱(あつか)いが定(さだ)められていた。

The old codes set out how bondservants were treated.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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