The kanji 妻: meaning, readings and stroke order

妻

Meaning: wife
On reading: サイ sai
Kun reading: つま tsuma
Strokes: 8
Radical: 女 woman, female
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vợ (thê)
Japanese: けっこんしたあいてのおんなのひと。つま。
Korean: 아내 (처)
Chinese: 妻子

Readings, words and example sentences

サイ sai · on reading · less common

夫ふ妻さい
husband and wife (polite)
先生ご夫ふ妻さいに会いました。
I met my teacher and his wife.

つま tsuma · kun reading

妻つま
wife
おじは 妻つまと二人で旅行に行きました。
My uncle went on a trip with his wife, just the two of them.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.