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Kanji Detail for 婦 - "woman, wife"

  • Meaning

    婦 means "woman, wife."

    1. Woman - An adult female; a lady.

    2. Wife - A married woman; a spouse.

    3. Bride - A newly married woman.

  • Words using

    • 主婦 しゅふ Listen housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
    • 夫婦 ふうふ Listen married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
    • 婦人 ふじん Listen woman; lady; adult female
    • 産婦人科 さんふじんか Listen maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
    • 妊婦 にんぷ Listen pregnant woman
    • 家政婦 かせいふ Listen housekeeper; maid
    • 新婦 しんぷ Listen bride
    • 助産婦 じょさんぷ Listen midwife
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 夫唱婦随 ふしょうふずい Listen a wife should do her husband's bidding
    • 一夫一婦 いっぷいっぷ Listen monogamy
    • 匹夫匹婦 ひっぷひっぷ Listen coarse men and women
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    • Verified meaning: woman, wife
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    lady; woman; wife; bride

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    married women; woman; wife

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    woman

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    married woman; wife

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

    The counterpart of 夫. Such as 夫婦. | A son's wife is 婦. Such as the colloquial 媳婦. | A married woman is called 婦.
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Sentences including

  • Please come over with your wife.

  • They became man and wife.

  • Can i speak to the head nurse?

  • Those two make a fine pair.

  • I don't know any of the five ladies.

  • We are husband and wife.

  • I am a housewife.

  • The woman who wore the white clothes was out to a party.

  • She had the kindness to take the lady to her home.

  • The old woman gave me two interesting books.

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