妻

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

妻 (jyutping cai1, Yale chai1)

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Japanese

Etymology

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. 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)

Readings

• Go'on: 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 (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏ)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

妻 (pinyin qī (qi1), Wade-Giles ch'i¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

妻 (thê, thế)