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Kanji Detail for 妻 - "wife, spouse, garnish"

妻

  • Meaning

    妻 means "wife, spouse, garnish."

    1. Wife - A married woman; a female spouse.

    2. Spouse - A marriage partner.

    3. Garnish - A side dish; an accompaniment.

  • Words using 妻

    • 夫妻 ふさい Listen husband and wife; married couple
    • 妻子 さいし Listen wife and children
    • 人妻 ひとづま Listen married woman; another's wife

  • Four-character idioms with 妻

    • 一夫多妻 いっぷたさい Listen polygamy; polygyny
    • 妻子眷属 さいしけんぞく Listen one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family
    • 肉食妻帯 にくじきさいたい Listen meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married
    • 良妻賢母 りょうさいけんぼ Listen good wife and wise mother

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    • Verified meaning: wife, spouse, garnish
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さい, たかづま, つま, つまさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 妻

    Surnames 妻(さい)Listen 妻(たかづま)Listen 妻(つま)Listen 妻(つまさき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    wife; spouse

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    wife

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) wife

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    wife

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A formally married woman is called 妻. Such as 妻子. | Giving a daughter in marriage is called 妻之.

  • Onyomi

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    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

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    tsuma(つま) つま

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    wife spouse garnish to marry married woman bride companion consort partner better half helpmate homemaker accompaniment marriage matrimonial wedded

Sentences including 妻

  • She is a wonderful wife.

  • My wife took good care of this dog.

  • A good husband makes a good wife.

  • My wife and children depend on me.

  • He was jealous of his wife.

  • My wife is a poor driver.

  • He fell out with his wife.

  • My wife was a smith.

  • I went to the hospital to see my wife.

  • The man decided to wait at the station until his wife came.

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