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Kanji Detail for 妾 - "maidservant, concubine"
妾
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Meaning
妾 means "maidservant, concubine."
Maidservant - A female servant.
Concubine - A secondary wife.
I - A humble self-reference used by women.
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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 including 妾
妾をお忘れになったのですか。
Have you forgotten about me?
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
More kanji with the radical 女 (onna・onnahen)
- 女 woman, daughter, young woman
- 奴 servant, yakko, that guy
- 好 good, to like, friendly
- 如 like, to reach, not as good as
- 妃 consort, queen, empress
- 妄 delusion, reckless, false
- 妊 pregnant, conceive
- 妖 mysterious, alluring, monster
- 妙 marvelous, extremely beautiful, young
- 妥 gentle, peaceful, proper
- 妨 to hinder, to disturb, obstacle
- 妬 to envy, jealousy, resentment
- 妹 younger sister, young woman, woman
- 妻 wife, spouse, garnish
- 姉 older sister, elder woman
- 始 to begin, to start, first
- 姓 surname, clan, title
- 委 to entrust, detailed, to abandon
- 姥 grandmother, old woman
- 姪 niece, nephew
- 姻 marriage, matrimony, in-law
- 姿 figure, posture, appearance
- 威 to threaten, stern, power
- 娃 beautiful, beauty, lovely
- 姫 princess, lady, beautiful
- 娘 daughter, girl, own child