妻 — wife, spouse

つま妻 wife

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes family

U+59BB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #691 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2035 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

wife
spouse

word

つま・づま tsuma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

妻(つま) tsuma wife 人(ひと) 妻(づま) hitozuma married woman

さい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

夫(ふ) 妻(さい) fusai husband and wife

Appears in idioms

良妻賢母四字熟語

good, wife, intelligent, mother

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

彐 snout

おんな女 woman #38

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すごい凄 uncanny

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#38 女 woman

妻 — wife, spouse

Meanings

word

つま・づま tsuma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

さい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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妻 — wife, spouse

Meanings

word

つま ・づま tsuma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

さい sai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

つま・づま tsuma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).