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Kanji Detail for 妾 - "maidservant, concubine"
妾
- Meaning
妾 means "maidservant, concubine."
Maidservant - A female servant.
Concubine - A secondary wife.
I - A humble self-reference used by women.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
concubine
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
concubine
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
concubine
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A secondary wife. See "妻." | A humble self-reference for women. Often used in correspondence.
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
妾を置くぐらいの事は、この叔父として少しも怪しむに足らないのですが、父の生きているうちに、そんな評判を耳に入れた覚えのない私は驚きました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
妾を置くぐらいの事は、この叔父として少しも怪しむに足らないのですが、父の生きているうちに、そんな評判を耳に入れた覚えのない私は驚きました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha