妻

Translingual

Han character

妻 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 十中女 (JLV), four-corner 5040₄, composition ⿱⿻一肀女)

1. wife

References

• KangXi: page 257, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6140
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1036, character 2
• Unihan data for U+59BB

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		妻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qī (qi¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cai¹, cai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cai¹, cai³
    • Yale: chāi, chai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsai¹, tsai³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐi̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɐi̯³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (妻, reconstructed)
Character (妻), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 七稽切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰei/	/t͡sʰiei/	/t͡sʰei/	/t͡sʰei/	/t͡sʰɛj/	/t͡sʰiei/	/t͡sʰɛi/
Character (妻), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 清 (14) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 七計切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡sʰeiH/	/t͡sʰieiH/	/t͡sʰeiH/	/t͡sʰeiH/	/t͡sʰɛjH/	/t͡sʰieiH/	/t͡sʰɛiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (妻, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
妻								qī								‹ tshej ›								/*[tsʰ]ˤəj/								consort, wife
妻								qì								‹ tshejH ›								/*[tsʰ]ˤəj-s/								give as wife
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
妻					9913					妻					脂					1					妻					/*sʰiːl/
妻					9923					妻					脂					1					砌					/*sʰiːls/

Definitions

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term

妻

つま Grade: 5

kun'yomi

From tsuma (“edge”). One who resides in a room at the edge of a house upon marriage.

Alternative forms

• 夫

Noun

妻 (hiragana つま, romaji tsuma)

1. the male or female partner in a marriage; a spouse
2. (humble) the female partner in a marriage; wife

Synonyms

• (one’s own wife): 家内 (かない, kanai)
• (spouse): 配偶者 (はいぐうしゃ, haigūsha)

Kanji

妻

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: さい (sai)
• Kan’on: せい (sei)
• Kun: つま (tsuma), めあわせる (meawaseru)

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Korean

Hanja

妻 (cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

妻 (thê, thế)

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